Anchor Hawse Hole Cover

[Sea Smoke]

Sea Smoke's anchor rode hawse hole cover chain eroded, and whilst moving her from Rockland, ME to Scituate,MA, the cover lept into the sea! Anyone have good ideas on how or where to replace it?

[Sea Smoke]

OK, I answered my own question, SailorSams.com has a deck pipe that looks like it'll fit.

[ebb]

Hello Sea Smoke,
Was thinking the ANCHOR HAWSE HOLE you mention is the former forepeak vent that all Ariels/Commanders seem to have been fitted with.
It is/was on the foredeck on the starboard side of the centerline about two feet aft of the stem.
It originally was an all aluminum fitting: cowl in base plate. Often replaced with a plastic one.

You might not have gotten a response for that reason.
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I've never bought anything from Sailor Sams - prices look OK???
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Go to Search for the Cowl/Vent thread.

[Sea Smoke]

Thanks, Ebb, it's not the vent cowl, I've found several replacements from different vendors, as Deck Pipes instead of Hawse Hole. It is the passage to the forepeak for the rode and chain. We lost the original in Bigelow Bight, off the Isle of Shoals.

[Tony G]

Sea Smoke

Is this the critter you are talking about? (or one similar to) How in the world did the top come off? I know the ol' adage $#!+ happens but-WOW! There must be a story behind that one.

[Sea Smoke]

That's the one I'll replace with. The original had a very old and corroded chain securing it. Pretty wild weather, bow bonucing up and down on the sea, cover must have taken a good jolt and busted the chain, and away it went.

[mbd]

...whilst moving her from Rockland, ME to Scituate,MA, the cover lept into the sea!

What?!?! Sounds like a great sea-going adventure, fraught with danger and the high seas, and all in a beauty of a boat! ...and yet - no pictures??