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> From: Ben Okopnik
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> Date: 8/24/2010 3:09:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Anchors for Inflatable's?
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 02:40:00PM -0400, banders...@earthlink.net wrote:
> >
> > I use a very small stain
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 02:40:00PM -0400, banders...@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> I use a very small stainless Bruce, I think is ten pounds or less. I can
> check tomorrow for you. I put about eight feet of 1/4" ss chain on it and
> about a hundred feet (we had a problem once of not enough line to r
I use a very small stainless Bruce, I think is ten pounds or less. I can
check tomorrow for you. I put about eight feet of 1/4" ss chain on it and
about a hundred feet (we had a problem once of not enough line to reach the
bottom after an engine failure - you won't always want to anchor off a
be
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:08:53PM -0400, JohnB wrote:
> Check the specs on the cord, it may not be UV proof, parachutes have a
> low lifetime of exposure to sunlight usually. Well unless you are prone
> to a lot of aviation disasters.
I'm feeling too lazy to look up the MIL-C-5040H Type III spe
> We've been using a grapnell folding anchor for some time, it has worked
well and is easy to store but has lots of pointy parts to puncture your
dink or your foot if you happen to step on it. I think that a small
Danfort or Bruce style anchor might be a better choice if I was to buy
another.
Howa
In Australia they sell a big stainless screw - looks like a 12"wine
bottle cork screw. This fits neatly into a piece of ABS pipe so it can
be stored without worry about puncturing the dinghy. I've seen a similar
device in the US for anchoring the end of a dog leash. I just screwed it
into the s
Check the specs on the cord, it may not be UV proof, parachutes have a
low lifetime of exposure to sunlight usually. Well unless you are prone
to a lot of aviation disasters.
JohnB
On 8/23/2010 9:48 PM, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:04:17PM -0400, spetri wrote:
>
>> I trie
We use a $17 WalMart Danforth style with the loop shank (in hopes that it
can be dislodged from a jam)...
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On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:04:17PM -0400, spetri wrote:
> I tried using the vinyl covered mushroom anchor I've been carrying for the
> last few years for the first time a few weeks ago off of the dingy beach in
> the GSP on BI. It was a total failure! :( I didn't thing it would perform
> so poorl
I tried using the vinyl covered mushroom anchor I've been carrying for the
last few years for the first time a few weeks ago off of the dingy beach in
the GSP on BI. It was a total failure! :( I didn't thing it would perform
so poorly. It just bounced on the mud sand bottom. I now know why it w
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