After many years of hoisting the anchor and 30 feet of chain by hand we have decided to install and anchor roller. As anyone who has a Grampian know, everything at the bow is really tight. There's no space to work with at all so we are doing the roller at an offset. Matt has already cut out a section of the toe rail(eek) to allow for the roller. We have a piece of flat aluminum to shim it to height and also some fancy space age plastic of some kind to use as a chafe guard since the anchor rode will be crossing the bow slightly more than it would if it could go through the forward chocks. This should allow me to raise and lower the anchor without assistance so I'm looking forward to that, as it was the only task I can't do.
Hadn't been down much over the winter as we had a lot of personal issues. We found a lot of water intrusion in the saloon and were freaking out about leaks until we realized the port lights were not dogged down.... So that was an easy fix any way.
Other pre Launch projects include machining and installing the new rudder post cap I ordered from holland marine, refinishing the wooden tiller, trying to clean the stink out of the water tank, and rebedding the chain plates. They are leaking a bit and the moisture has definitely taken a heavy toll on some of that new woodwork inside. :(
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