Bow Chocks

[Bryan 2530]

Chocks look good. Should work. If most of the time you use your wreck/reef anchor why not put that on the roller? I know it probably doesnt look as cool. Or isnt there a way to put two rollers on the pulpit? They do on the big boats. www.nordhavn.com

I'd love to do a dual setup but I don't want two anchors hanging off there all the time. Sometimes I use the plow off the front and the wreck anchor off the back, depending on the spot we are fishing.

Sometimes just the grappel off the front, depends on depth, location and current.

This would be cool, but I'm not that hardcore.

http://www.classicparker.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=990

 

[DaleH]

3 anchors ... but not hardcore ... yeah, right

 

[Bryan 2530]

3 anchors ... but not hardcore ... yeah, right

It gets reel fun when we throw the 2x4's into the wall.

 

[Bryan 2530]

Ok finally got this project done. Didn't like the Marinuim ones so I picked up a pair of Schaefer Bow Chocks on sale last winter, These things are beefy and held in by 3/8" studs. I finally got a chance to install them today because it was too windy to fish.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... nQodZHMAFg

The chock will allow me to anchor without using the pulpit and pull using an anchor ball while keeping pressure off the pulpit.

Here is the final product.

 

[Bryan 2530]

Some pics of the install.....

I made starboard backing plates to enhance the SS ones that came with the chocks.

Holes drilled.

Interior backing plates installed.

And my secret weapon to get the nuts on and install the backing plates complete with hello kitty Pj's. :mrgreen:

 

[jeffnick]

Nothing like a secret weapon.. .

 

[grouperjim]

..........so that's how you do it. :mrgreen:

 

[miky2884]

Haha stop abusing my little cousin!! They look good!

 

[Megabyte]

That assistance should be good for ice cream, every day for a week!