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Can't speak to installing the bow eye since we had one put in at the water line when the boat was built. The spec was that it should be strong enough to drag the boat up hill.
Our bow is about six feet off the water so it makes a big difference in shallow water, which is out usual habitat. A 1/2" nylon three-strand line is spliced to the eye and carried up through a hawse hole or fairlead to a cleat on deck where it is made fast under way. Length is optional but we use about ten feet. When anchoring, the anchor is set with chain - we use all chain - and the snubber line is then fastened to the chain beyond the anchor roller with a rolling hitch or chain hook. The chain is then slacked until the strain is on the snubber. It is not a perfect rig, but it has worked for us for several years, and sure does improve the ratio and diminish the noise of chain in the hawse hole at night.
Bill Brewer
Covey Island 46
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