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Originally Posted by natecert
. . . Made a temp. repair so the boat could be used and will do the final repair w/coosa when I have the time.
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If those planks are cross bolted, your temp repair should stiffen it quite a bit. Looks like the roller is about 1' forward of the max stress area, which is where it broke. A 1' lever arm will allow the anchor rode to put some significant vertical dynamic loads into that bow pulpit/plank! If you were to anchor offshore in any kind of a sea, I don't think that teak planking, which appears to be maybe 1/2"-3/4" thick, is nearly thick enough, unless the anchor is just a lunch hook that's only used in calm water! Doesn't look like a SeaCraft so I have no idea how thick the deck is, but if it was mine, I'd want something about 1.5"-2" thick, through bolted to the deck with 5/16" or 3/8" bolts, and some sort of backing plate and fender washers under the deck. Moving the anchor roller closer to the bow would also shorten the lever arm and reduce the bending loads at the max stress area. I installed a similar but shorter bracket on my boat over 5 years ago that I've anchored with in short 2-3' seas while diving, and it's held up fine. If you do a search of my posts for "Anchor Bracket", it should bring up a post I did with a bunch of pictures of the deck reinforcement I installed.