R22 Discussion Group

Gentleman,
Leave the chain attached to the anchor and drape it around it so it is  
always handy. Pulling the chain out of the locker is unnecessary and creates  
wear and tear on the cowl collar. From a scientific standpoint, the cowl is  
designed to work best with it facing away from the wind direction. This  
eliminates any water from entering and creates more ventilation. It's all based 
 on the venturi effect. Carrying a plastic basket from the cockpit to the 
bow and  connecting it to the anchor chain is a lot less work than trying to 
pull and  stuff crap through the cowl vent. All the water and mess from the 
anchor line  stays in the cockpit and not in the cabin. Many areas don't 
have nice sandy  bottoms so the anchor line will start to smell just like the 
bottom conditions.  Your admiral will not appreciate that damp muddy flats 
bottom crap smell being  in her cabin.

Rummy

In a message dated 6/26/2009 7:33:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sloopblueheron at gmail.com writes:

Lee,

Yes, I use it to store and deploy the rode and chain  through the hole.  I
think taking the locker in and out would be worse  than retrieving tackle
from the cockpit.

I disconnect the chain for  storage.  Since my hand just fits through the
hole, and I'm afraid of  breaking my wrist during a rock 'n roll, I use a
messenger line tied to the  cap to start pulling stuff out.  I'm re-posting
pictures from a few  months ago of how I do that.  You can't see the
mono-filament  messenger line very well, but it is tied to the big loop in
the  rode.

To dry out the locker, point the scoop into the wind when there  is no water
in the wind.  I generally use a cap when there is no need  to ventilate the
locker or v-berth.  Also, if you want to ventilate  the v-berth when the 
wind
is wet--no problem because the water will just  collect in the locker and 
dry
out later.

Rick

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