摘要 |
A bowsprit assembly for raising and lowering an anchor from a vessel surface, the anchor having a main shank coupled to a rope, the assembly 2 including a first substantially U -shaped section 1 having a base adapted to be mounted directly to the vessel surface, the first U-shaped section 1 arranged to receive and releasably retain the main shank of the anchor when the anchor is not deployed, a second substantially U-shaped section 2 depending downwardly at an acute angle from the first section 1 and rigidly connected to the first section 1, the second section 2 having a free end arranged to extend from the vessel surface, and primary 10 and secondary 15 rollers both disposed within the second section 2 and spanning the U-shape of the second section 2, the primary 10 and secondary 15 rollers being spaced apart from one another both longitudinally and in the height direction of the second section 2 wherein both rollers 10 15 are arranged to support the weight of the rope and guide the rope as the anchor is raised and lowered, and wherein each U-shaped section includes opposed spaced-apart elongate wall members 3 4 and a base member 5 disposed there between, the base member 5 extending along at least part of the length dimension of each of the sections.
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