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And the new hawsepipe position is still forward of the bulkhead?
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Thanks Rhody - yea, the hawsepipe is about 6-8" fwd of bulkhead; would have liked to have had it a couple of inches further forward but didn't have much clearance between all the hardware in that direction. May need some sort of a net covering the bulkhead opening to keep all the rope in locker in rough seas! Probably should have mounted the bracket a little further forward, but didn't have much vertical clearance underneath for the bolts as it is. Still better than original location; it was too far forward so when hauling the anchor, all the line would pile up on the flared part of bow, since hawsepipe was at least a foot fwd of center of rope locker. Now, with all that chain, I can actually haul the anchor in faster, since I don't have to "push on a rope" to get last of anchor rode down into the rope locker!
