Rigging the anchor trolley was looking like it was going to be a tough task ahead.
I had to come up with a way to fit it with out drilling a single hole as I did not want to attack my new kayak with a drill.
After much thinking I decided to use the original deck fittings. So I ripped off all of the stock rigging from the right hand side of the Prowler and armed with 5m of 4mm deck line, 2x 20mm Barton blocks, 1x stainless carabiner, 1x stainless 25mm ring and some 6mm bungee cord I set out on a mission to fit a full length non drill anchor trolley and succeeded.
It was a lot easier than I originally thought.
I attached the Barton blocks to both front and rear end deck line guides using a small length of 6mm bungee and an overhand knot. The Bungee is strong and adds tension to the trolley lines so they pull in tight to the kayak and stop them flapping about all over the place.
I then threaded the top trolley line through the top deck line guides on the kayak, through the rollers on the blocks and fitted the carabiner and stainless ring to the deck line making sure the line was under tension once I had it all clipped up.
Threading the upper line of the trolley through the deck line guides gives the trolley some resistance as well as keeping the lines tidy which helps at anchor and with the top trolley line pulled up over the paddle keeper button locks the line and carabiner secure in place for safety when at anchor or retrieving your anchor.
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