BRe Anchoring

[SueTo]

New to our BRe and don't have the auto- system Matt now offers so just wondering if anyone has refined their methods of deploying the anchor from the cockpit since the posts made by various members in 2013 onwards. Does anyone use an Alderney ring and float like the fishermen or is this overkill?

[Sea Simon]

Try this search. I did...

Anchoring A BRe or similar small cabin boat, by the bow - From the cockpit.

https://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/?page_id=17&URL=https://www.swallowyachtsassociation.org/smf/index.php?topic=2102

Several links in this thread

[boomerangben]

The system we have on Gobhlan is a fortress fx 4 on blocks on the port quarter, line made off on port fed cleat, run through the fairlead on the bow then back to the stern cleat and made fast. When anchoring we can then attach some chain (5m) between the anchor and the aft end of the line, uncleat it from the stern cleat and deploy

[SueTo]

Thanks for great suggestions which are along the lines of what we were planning.  I think our main concern is pulling a well embedded anchor back up with ease or when the tide is strong. Driving the boat forward with the Alderney ring and float may suit best in that case.