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Old 08-31-2020, 08:03 PM   #81
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A new pulpit could easily be made up of a suitably thick wood plank (approx 2"), shaped to a suitable profile, through-bolted to the deck, with a 1/4" aluminum backing plate, mounting the winch and rollers same as original.

Laminated teak material would look "shippy", and be hell-for-stout. I built mine this way out of a surplus swim platform.
This was basically my recommendation as well.
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We had an instance after Sandy smashed the bow pulpit on a 35" cruiser. It was repaired but the fiberglass guy told the owner never to put over 75 pounds on it, i.e. don't stand on it for fear of collapse.
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Old 09-01-2020, 10:23 AM   #83
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We had an instance after Sandy smashed the bow pulpit on a 35" cruiser. It was repaired but the fiberglass guy told the owner never to put over 75 pounds on it, i.e. don't stand on it for fear of collapse.
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I would have considered that an unacceptable repair. To me, if the pulpit can't handle a person standing out at the end, or a heavy anchor in rough seas, or the force of breaking an anchor out of the bottom, then it's just not strong enough.
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I have a 58 Symbol with dual anchors. This weekend the bow pulpit broke in two. No real stress - we hadn't even set the anchor. Just gave out after 20 years I guess. The anchors are a Rocna 40 and a fortress 85.

My marina said they'd have to fabricate a new pulpit and it would cost about $15,000. That seems high. Trying to figure out the best way to proceed. If I'm spending that much money I want to see if I can improve on the design.

And yes we were displaying an anchor ball!

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Sure its the result of over tightening the anchor with the Windlass
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Sure its the result of over tightening the anchor with the Windlass
I'm not "sure" what you mean?
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I'm not "sure" what you mean?
Brining the anchor to tight with windlass when Hauling in the anchor, rather than stopping just before it tightens and tightening the last bit by hand
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Brining the anchor to tight with windlass when Hauling in the anchor, rather than stopping just before it tightens and tightening the last bit by hand

No need to pull the last bit home by hand. Just make sure the clutch isn't set too tight. When you pull the chain tight to let the boat motion break the anchor out or when you pull the anchor home, the clutch should slip. It shouldn't allow the windlass to develop full pulling power (both to avoid stalling the windlass motor and to avoid damaging things).
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Without a backing plate of equal or greater size, the problem is not fixed
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