I use a rugged chain stopper to take the load off the windlass. 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 7:03 PM, Andrew Burton via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > > 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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