Anchor catting stowage

[alpayed]

Hi guys.
I have been adding the anchors to my Investigator drawings.
There is not much of a description of how this is done on a "collier" type vessel.
Brief notes in Lees, Steel, and a bit more in Harland.
They all mention a mast guy and Harland refers to it as a topping lift.
I think that was the clue I needed. In the drawings I have shown two options, one using a topping lift similar to the one used on a boat davit attached to the mizen mast.
And one showing the use of the Burton tackles to do the same thing.
With the fish davit hanging horizontal over the side the anchor is still well below it's storage level.
It need to be higher with one fluke resting on the deck.
They must have then used a topping on the davit swing the anchor into position up and over the side of the ship.
The davit tackle could then be lowered to drop the fluke into position.
I cant see the purpose of a special topping lift when the burtons are right there.
Allan

 

[Don Case]

Perfect timing. I've been under the impression that the fish davit laid on the bulwark and was just used like a temporary cathead. Then yesterday I was reading "The Young Sea Officers Sheet " and a drawing there made me think that the davit may have been used as a "boom". Your drawings confirm that, Thank you. Your PDF's are now stowed away safely on my desktop.

 

[MAVERIK]

Thank you very much for these plans which are very clear. It was a very big maneuver to raise and put these anchors in storage position.

 

[alpayed]

Hi Guys.
In Flinder's diary he noted "got the anchors higher up on the bow"
This cannot be done without raising the fish davit with a topping lift.
Harland also mentions the use of a martingale.
The martingale would be necessary to prevent the fish davit swinging towards the mast after a certain height is reached because of the resultant forces on it.
After a bit more thought I think this is about how it must have been achieved.
The chain shank painter is not shown in the plan view.
Delete the previous plans if you saved them.
Moving on to the running rigging now.
Allan