Installing an anchor bracket/roller

[Halfhitch]

I have a 2004 205 Tournament . It does not have an anchor roller and I really miss it. I was wondering if anyone has went through the process already and knows what would fit the profile of the Tournament series. I'm guessing that there may be some commonality among the different models as far as bow profile goes. Iknow I will have to separate my red/green.

 

[Rustygaff]

I just installed a Lewmar roller along with a windlass. I guess the only important criteria would be that the roller is long enough to be bolted to the foredeck with a backing plate and has enough reach so the anchor does not collide with the stem.

 

[Halfhitch]

That's a beautiful setup Rusty. Did you take your bow apart? How did you get that picture of the underside. On my little 205 I'm not sure I would have enough fall to make a windless work but I really like the looks of that roller bracket.

 

[artodea]

My Gulfstream came without a pulpit or roller and once you have one it's hard to go without.

I fabricated a stubby pulpit out of teak and mounted a roller on that so that the anchor line falls just over the leading edge of the bow - not sure how that would compare to your Tournament, but you could make something similar work. The windlass is a really nice option, however.

I can't believe I don't have a better picture of mine, but here's a crop of a bow shot of my boat. The roller came from here: http://www.marinepartdepot.com/ststunanro.html

 

[Rustygaff]

That's a beautiful setup Rusty. Did you take your bow apart? How did you get that picture of the underside. On my little 205 I'm not sure I would have enough fall to make a windless work but I really like the looks of that roller bracket.

The outside bow picture of the anchor,windlass, roller, is my finished project. During the project I emailed GW and inquired about the composition of the foredeck before I began drilling. They sent me a factory pic of the location of the backing plate for the roller. The raised portion where the backing plate is located is glass encapsulated 1/2" "endurabond" which is a composite that is impervious to water. https://www.vycomplastics.com/product-f ... ndurabond/
When I drilled out the bolt holes for the roller, I did not bother with the "overdrill/epoxy/redrill" procedure for those particular holes. But the holes for the safety cable and skene chock were wood cored so I did the overdrill/epoxy treatment for those. Here is a crappy pic of the underside of my bow after I finished the project. I used 1/4 aluminum plate which I picked up from Ebay for the roller backing. I also had some green G10 glass/epoxy plate which I used for the skene chock backing. That stuff is not fun to cut but can be done with a standard jigsaw but it drills out pretty easy as long a you use a punch for a starter bite for the drill bit.

 

[Halfhitch]

Thanks for the ideas and the pictures guys. I felt around forward of the anchor locker under the bow decking and it feels flat all around so I don't think there is any laminations incorporated into that area. I definitely will have to put a large backing plate in there to spread the load.