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 chain. Andy Masquerade Currently in Oxford, MD
Andrew Burton 139 Tuckerman Ave Middletown, RI USA 02842 www.burtonsailing.com http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Oct 14, 2019, at 18:39, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > 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 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 chain and >> I don’t think it would have made much of a difference in this case. That’s >> just my opinion... >> >> Bob >> >> Bob Boyer >> s/v Rainy Days >> C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) >> (Presently in Baltimore for the summer) >> blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com >> email: dainyr...@icloud.com >> >>> On Oct 14, 2019, at 12:13 PM, Dreuge via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> 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”. >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vdaxrGfT1M >>> >>> >>> - >>> Paul E. >>> 1981 C&C Landfall 38 >>> S/V Johanna Rose >>> Fort Walton Beach, FL >>> >>> http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >>> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >>> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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