Section 4: Specific Boat Systems & Operations
This section of the operating manual will discuss each of the boat’s systems. The systems and major
components discussed are in alphabetical order as follows:
4A:
Anchor & Ground Tackle
4B:
Barbeque
4D:
Bilge Blowers
4E:
Dinghy, Davit & Outboard
4F:
Electrical Systems, AC
4G:
Electrical System, DC
4H
: Electronics
4J:
Engines & Transmissions
4K:
Fresh & Waste Water Systems
4L
Fuel System
4M:
Furnace/Air Conditioning
4N:
Galley & Appliances
4P:
Head Systems
4Q:
Running Gear (Bow Thrusters,
Props, Shafts,
Stabilizers)
4R:
Safety
Equipment
4S:
Sea Strainers & Thru Hulls
4T:
Warning Lights, Alarms & Wipers
4A: Anchor & Ground Tackle
4A1: Anchor Bridle
There is an anchor bridle stowed in the foredeck storage box.
You must use it when
anchoring
, as it accomplishes three goals:
!
It takes the strain of the anchor off the windlass and pulpit, and directs it to the bow cleats
which are more suited to hold it;
!
It reduces substantially the “chain noise” transmitted to the occupants of the forward cabin;
!
It allows the anchor rode to have a lower angle relative to the sea bottom, thus increasing
the anchor’s holding power.
To use the bridle:
1. Lower the anchor normally (see page 4.2) then, after it is set,
2. Hook the bridle on the chain just in front of the anchor pulpit bow roller;
3. Then secure the bridle rope ends through the side-coaming hawse pipes, to the bow cleat
on each side so the bridle lines are equal in length and as long as possible;
4. Last, operate the windlass to pay out anchor chain so the chain slacks and is supported by
the bridle, the chain forming a loop right in front of the boat’s bow.
If you wish, you can pay out additional chain to form a long hanging loop between the boat and
bridle, which weights the chain down in front of the boat well below its normal path; thus the chain itself
becomes a “kellet” or “sentinel”, lowering the chain angle more than the bridle alone. The weight
“drooping” the chain down like this then forms a an even more effective “snubber”, so the boat is gently
held against the pressures if wind and tide.
Section 4A: Anchor & Ground Tackle 4.1