Anchor hub

[philpot]

I have been fishing from my SIB on fresh water but as a friend of mine has just bought a SIB for both fresh and salt water and the fact that both whiting and cod are being caught in the Humber, I thought I had better get an anchor system sorted.

I wanted to have a hub which is easily fitted to the boat but not a permanent fixture. I needed a anchor warp guide to protect the tubes and a cleat of some kind to fix the warp. A plan hatched today which I thought I would share with you.

I found a piece of plastic in the garage which was the right size so applying a heat gun to the plastic, I was able to bend it to the shape of the tube.






Next, how to fasten the plastic in position. I drilled a hole on the inside edge, ran a braided rope to a carabina at each end in order to clip to two fittings.



The front edge now needed sorting. Two 'D' fittings were fastened to the hub with a couple of bungy chords/hooks on to the lifting handle of the boat. So now we have a pretty rigid hub plate in place.



Okay that is the hub in place so now a stainless steel bridge as a warp guide coupled with a spare cam lock cleat to hold the warp once anchored.


Fitting the hub takes only a few moments and is very compact to store when not in use.



I will have to sort the FF next which also has to be removable.

Phil

[esoxuk]

Now that is very interesting....

[philpot]

I should have said that if further tying off the warp is needed, the warp can be easily passed further down the boat onto another existing boat fitting if required.

[ALtop]

That looks like it should work well done.Still might look at the pipe idea .Got the wheel thing sorted thanks for your help.

[philpot]

No problems Alan.
I had intended using the pipe idea but then changed my mind only because I thought it was not going to be so easy to keep the pipe in place without mounting it on a base and at that point I decided to make the base unit the main hub itself.

Has your pump arrived.

Phil

[Izzetafox]

Nice job Phil.

Terry

[ALtop]

Hi Phil yes pump arrived was thinking of trying it out thursday.

[esoxuk]

Nov 18, 2014 19:31:26 GMT philpot said:

I should have said that if further tying off the warp is needed, the warp can be easily passed further down the boat onto another existing boat fitting if required.

Couldn't you just fit a normal cleat instead of the cam cleat?
What are the D rings for inside the SIB anyway Phil?

[philpot]

Yes any cleat will do Phil but I like cam lock cleats from my sailing days and I had one spare so I though I would make use of that. If I had to buy one, I would use a 'zigzag' cleat from H2o kayaks.

I think the internal 'D' rings are either for bagage tie downs or something similar or perhaps to do with lifting and hanging the sib off the back of a big boat.

Just made the fish finder transducer bracket today and will post details when I fit it to the boat.

Phil