Operating instructions

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
4C: Bilge Blowers
4D: Bilge Pumps
4E: Dinghy, Davit & Outboard
4F: Electrical Systems, AC
4G: Electrical System, DC
4H: Electronics
4J: Engines, Synchronizer &
Transmissions
4K: Fresh & Waste Water Systems
4L Fuel System
4M: Furnace/Air Conditioning
4N: Galley & Appliances
4P: Head Systems
4Q: Running Gear (Props, Shafts, Syncronizer)
4R: Safety Equipment, Wipers, W/S Washer
4S: Sea Strainers & Thru Hulls
4A: Anchor & Ground Tackle
4A1: Anchor Bridle
There is an anchor bridle stowed on the boat in the forward deck storage box. Use
it when anchoring overnight, as it accomplishes three goals:
! It takes the strain of the anchor off the windlass, pulpit, and pulpit pulley 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:
! Lower the anchor normally (see page 4.2) then, after it is set,
! Hook the bridle on the chain just in front of the anchor pulpit bow roller;
! 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;
! 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