Keep a small buoy to attach to the anchor rode always. That will mark the
location of of your anchor rode so the intoxicated rednecks in their party
barges can straddle it as they wave drunkenly at you while they do it.
Yes, true story.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
On Wed, Oct 16,
Addendum to this tip: keep a small float/buoy in the locker or nearby to
attach to this line, so you can come back to recover your anchor and chain
when conditions improve. Someone told me this, and it crossed my mind (but
I still haven't actually added the thin line or buoy), when I considered
Pro Tip: You may one day have to slip your anchor and escape some danger in a
real hurry. Tie about 20 feet of thin nylon line to the bitter end of the chain
and the other end to the boat someplace in the anchor locker. You can slip the
chain and cut the line quickly.
Joe Della Barba Coquina
I use a rugged chain stopper to take the load off the windlass.
Bob Boyer
s/v Rainy Days
C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230)
(Presently in Baltimore for the summer)
blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com
email: dainyr...@icloud.com
> On Oct 14, 2019, at 7:03 PM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List
> wrote:
>
> The
The snubber performs several functions; it takes strain off the windlass, it
stops the chain clunking as the boat swings ( don’t know about you guys, but
Masquerade dances around on the hook, it provides just a little more shock
absorption when the breeze is strong enough to stretch out the
Isn't that what catenary in the anchor chain is for?
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 4:42 PM Robert Boyer via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> I think the use of a snubber is a small part of the problem here. First,
> he never should have anchored
I think the use of a snubber is a small part of the problem here. First, he
never should have anchored near the path of a high-speed ferry. Second, he
should have tied the end of his anchor chain to the boat so it couldn’t have
gotten loose overboard. I have never used a snubber on my anchor
Anyone who uses a windlass and chain without a snubber should watch this video.
Note in the video that there is a statement pointing the blame on ferry boat
wake rather than on the owner failure to use of a snubber by saying "very very
few people actually use a snubber”.
