Annie Hill wrote:She looks like a peach!  Probably more like 37 ft than 40 ft, I suspect.  They may have included overhanging bits in LOA.

A classic H/McL rig.  Jock would be thrilled to hear that she is making a long passage, if he actually did design the rig.  Bruce Kirby is a good designer: she should be a grand boat.

I wouldn't be too keen on the radar at the top of the mast, either.

I agree 100% with David about the wire halliards.  Nasty things that are totally obsolete.  You may have to change the blocks, but that would be a small price to pay.

Of course you'd throw away the microwave and replace it with a pressure cooker.

The boat is definitely under-anchored.  I'd want at least three and 9 or 10mm (3/8") chain on the bower.  While you are in North America, lay hands on a Kingston for rock, kelp and reassurance in really bad weather.  A 20 kg Manson Supreme would be as good as the Rocna and cheaper. 

Can you take some photos of the mast step, and post them in your Profile?  This would give The Experts a chance to comment with more information.

Do you need crew?    :-D

A Peach!!  I'm not looking for a peach!  :-)  And yeah,  she's about 33 LOD and 31 WL.  boats in the states seem to get measured OA as in Over every last bit.  so 40ft includes the Davits...  Thanks for the Anchor advice.  I think there is another one down below, and yes the chain is a bit light.  

Annie Hill wrote:A 20 kg Manson Supreme would be as good as the Rocna and cheaper.

I second the recommendation for a Manson Supreme.  I could be convinced that the Rocna is ~5% better designed, but the two anchors really are very similar.  Unfortunately, everytime I was shopping for an anchor the Rocna was at least 50% more expensive, and that just doesn't do it for me.

Flutterby (33feet, 7 tons) has one 25lb Supreme and it as always held us with no problems...unless I used stupidly short scope...2:1 or 3:1.  Fortunately we haven't been through any serious storms to test it further.  We got a 35lb version as a second anchor for when things really get tough.  If we had some sort of windlass, I would have thought about bigger ones.  But still the 25lb version digs in with as much surface area buried in the mud as a 35lb plow or bruce would.

Barry

Annie Hill wrote:I was wondering if a '25 lb' Manson was a bit light-on for me, with 2.5 tons and 26 ft!  I'd personally want at least '35 lb' for a 33 ft boat and probably more.  But we do get hurricane-force winds in the Sounds in mid-summer, which makes one a bit inclined to think that 'size does count'!

If you don't have a windlass, Barry, why not fit a chain pawl?  That way all you have to do is to haul the boat up to the chain - not keep it there as well.  Mine works like a charm and I can even leave the anchor a-dangle, if needs be, until I've cleared the anchorage.

I did put a chain pawl on our bow.  I'm not 100% happy with it, but fitting any anchor handling gear in the limited space ahead of the main mast is a trick, and I'm not ready (yet) to do like Pete did on his F33 and put one up on the coachroof and drop the chain down below the bottom of a hanging locker.  Of course, it could find its way to the top of the list of 2012 improvements for Flutterby...After I'm happy with my sails!

I really should defer to you on this one--You have decades more anchoring than I do, and as I said, mine has been in relatively good conditions to date. But in our defense, let me state that my original vote of confidence was saying what the anchor has done--not a recommendation as the right size for our boat.

We now have a third anchor, which is a 35lb Manson Supreme, and it hasn't seen mud yet.  When we have winds like you are talking about to anchor in, down it will go.  But the 25lb Manson Supreme is already up on the bow roller and I keep putting it down, and it keeps holding us.  It also sets beautifully unless I do something stupid like deciding to use a trip line and fouling the anchor with it when I put it down.

Barry

The best idea I've seen is a chain box stretching from deck to bilge - but watertight, and with a small manual bilge pump to extract the effluvium. No smell, no mud, no water inside the boat. 

Gary: With that monster diesel aft I dont think you will having any problems balance wise.