Monk Double Anchor Platform
I would like to hear from anyone who has modified the anchor
rollers/platform on an early ( 82-91 ) Monk 36 ( or similar trawler anchor
arrangement )to handle two anchors. The existing single roller is lower
than the toerail, so it appears to carry two rollers/anchors you would have
to fabricate a platform that sits on top of the toe rail and is space off
the deck. What have others done with boats rigged like this? Are there good
sources to have either a metal, wood or glass platform made up?
Joe Urban
Lancaster, VA
Bow pulpits in teak and fiberglass can be found all over the internet ready
to bolt on...including eBay from time to time.
Installation includes fitting to your existing toe rail or front deck and
then filling the after section with your choice of solid filler material.
Through bolting is a must. Here is where it gets dicey in my estimation.
If you have never had a bow pulpit, only a bow roller, the structure under
the deck (if any exists) may not be substantial enough to provide good
holding for the leverage the pulpit will exert on the fasteners when
lifting/pulling the anchor or when anchored and there is stress on the rode.
Consider being towed? Be sure there is a large backing plate under the
deck. Make sure that you engineer the underside to withstand the forces
that the new windlass, sampson post, bollard or holding devices you add to
it ...otherwise the bow pulpit, windlass and sampson post may end
up.......being the anchor.
Bob Clinkenbeard
Custom 41' Trawler
"Bobbin Along"
http://www.dreamwater.org/captainbob/
I would like to hear from anyone who has modified the anchor
rollers/platform on an early ( 82-91 ) Monk 36 ( or similar trawler anchor
arrangement )to handle two anchors. The existing single roller is lower
than the toerail, so it appears to carry two rollers/anchors you would
have
to fabricate a platform that sits on top of the toe rail and is space off
the deck.
http://www.triton381.com/projects/smallprojects/stormdamage.htm
An example of what leverage can do to a bow pulpit and a single thickness of
wood.
Bob Clinkenbeard
Custom 41' Trawler
"Bobbin Along"
http://www.dreamwater.org/captainbob/
Joe,
I just purchased a Monk 36 to be delivered in the spring. I'm having the
standard roller moved to the starboard side of the bow platform and the
windless mounted to the starboard also (to allow the all chain rode to have
the same angle to the gypsy). I am also getting a capstan, being the second
anchor will be rope w/chain. The North Sea Yacht people (Al Smith) have
concerns about too much weight on the bow, so they are adding ballast in the
stern to keep the boat level. I'll add the second roller myself, with
(probably) a Fortress light weight, but oversized anchor. I also plan to mount
a small (13#) Danforth on the stern. I don't know if this helps, but it may
cause some additional comments.
Good Luck,
Bob & Carole
7th SOJOURN
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I would like to hear from anyone who has modified the anchor
rollers/platform on an early ( 82-91 ) Monk 36 ( or similar trawler anchor
arrangement )to handle two anchors. The existing single roller is lower
than the toerail, so it appears to carry two rollers/anchors you would have
to fabricate a platform that sits on top of the toe rail and is space off
the deck. What have others done with boats rigged like this? Are there
good
sources to have either a metal, wood or glass platform made up?
Joe Urban
Lancaster, VA
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