Thanks for all the superb help...I think I've got a solution figured out.

Mike@NB: Appreciate the offer, but I'm 2 passes north of you, 35 miles out Hwy. 20. Be an all day trip!

Budnate: I'm a short dude too...5'8" in shoes. Fortunately, this boat is only 13'6" stem to stern. I was going to set that first pulley closer to the transom..then got to thinking about how the torque that would be needed to pull in the anchor at the sharper angle, so it has been moved to the first frame piece.

If all works well, I'll post some pics tomorrow evening. Guess we won't really know till it's on the river and used a few times, but at least with the way it will be done all the angles work out well and hopefully it won't tear anything up.


Mike