On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:20:15 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:57:29 -0500, cavelamb
wrote:

I have see something that you might find useful, although it is not
beautiful :-) Many boats have a sort of reel mounted on the aft
pulpit. It is a two part spool, I'd say about 2 feet long that bolts
around a horizontal tube somewhere on the aft pulpit and is used to
store the stern anchor line. It isn't for retrieving the anchor which
is apparently done by hand or a sheet winch but does make an easy
place to carry the line.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)


You an buy something like that over here.
I've thought about trying an extension cord roller-upper thing.
Like you said, just to get them organized and dry.

I think a plastic garden hose reel might work for that purpose,
without the hose of course.


I think that the small dia., long rollers I have seen perhaps hold
more rope. Assuming a 24" long reel with a bare hub of 3" and 1/2 inch
rope then four layers on the reel will be some 239 feet.

The reels I am referring to obviously weren't intended to hold a storm
anchor rode so I think they were just for a "lunch hook" sort of
arrangement but for a small boat it would probably hold the main
anchor rode, if you wanted it back there :-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)