I am just buying a Westsail 32, and it has no sampson post. I am rather
puzzled. Do you think it was made like that originally? What do you
fix the anchor to?

SO, what does it have right now, nothing?

T

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"suji" wrote in message
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I am just buying a Westsail 32, and it has no sampson post. I am rather
puzzled. Do you think it was made like that originally? What do you
fix the anchor to?

suji wrote in message ...
I am just buying a Westsail 32, and it has no sampson post. I am rather
puzzled. Do you think it was made like that originally? What do you
fix the anchor to?

Ask the person you're buying it from what they did.

Tie it to a cleat?

Sam wrote:
suji wrote in message ...

I am just buying a Westsail 32, and it has no sampson post. I am rather
puzzled. Do you think it was made like that originally? What do you
fix the anchor to?


Ask the person you're buying it from what they did.

I would be careful about this. It seems like
it should have two posts on each side of the windlass. It could be costly to
install and you have to ask, as you are, why
isn't it there? By the way cleats won't
work.

W32 owner

To add more, the sampson posts are on
either side of the bowsprit aft with a through-bolt anchoring the bowsprit.
The anchor chain and rode flows off the the roller off the bowsprit about one
third of the way off the bow. The bitter end of the rode
is tied inside the chain locker. That is my
anchoring arrangement.

Gee, I've been using cleats for about 40 years. Didn't know they didn't
work.

I've only anchored about 500 times, on boats from 20 to 85 feet. Maybe I
don't have enough experience.


MLapla4120 wrote:
I would be careful about this. It seems like
it should have two posts on each side of the windlass. It could be costly to
install and you have to ask, as you are, why
isn't it there? By the way cleats won't
work.

W32 owner

I have a Westsail 32, and that is the boat
the original poster was referring to and
the cleats are on either side of the bow
about 6 feet back. This would mean that
the anchor line would not be straight over the bow. I also wonder how easy it
would be retrieve the anchor when the
windlass is directly behind the bowsprit.
It is possible that it would make contact
with the whisker stays that support the
bow sprit.
That is the reason I said it wouldn't work.
I didn't intend to imply you didn't know what you were doing.