As many have seen NY requires schackles and thimbles. Here in Texas we
require chain and shackles year around. Or harbor master requires each
boat to have two set of spring chains on each side of the vessel and a
min of 4 main docking chains.

The harbor manager has a robot chain bugs that inspects all the chains
on an automated bases. And your chains better be up to par or you are
outta here.

Ever seen a chain bug? http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/twiimages/crks1f1.jpg

Joe

Joe, I never heard of anything like that. 4 docking lines all chain and even
the springs are chain??
Doesn't your harbour master know that nylon rope is stronger than chain of
reasonably comparable size but has the advantage of being able to stretch
thus putting meaning into the word 'spring'. The shock loads of dock chains
taking up the strain at frequent intervals must be terrific, unless your
docking lines are very very long indeed, not to mention the continuous
clanking noise. Plus, you are in a steel boat which makes it even worse.
I think your harbour master is crazy.
And as for the chain bug, by the time you have fixed the thing onto the
chain an experienced eye could have checked the whole chain.
Or maybe this is a troll and I have been hooked...
Edgar

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
As many have seen NY requires schackles and thimbles. Here in Texas we
require chain and shackles year around. Or harbor master requires each
boat to have two set of spring chains on each side of the vessel and a
min of 4 main docking chains.

The harbor manager has a robot chain bugs that inspects all the chains
on an automated bases. And your chains better be up to par or you are
outta here.

Ever seen a chain bug? http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/twiimages/crks1f1.jpg

Joe

He's just giving Bob a hard time.. you've been hooked. :-)

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"Edgar" wrote in message
...
Joe, I never heard of anything like that. 4 docking lines all chain and
even
the springs are chain??
Doesn't your harbour master know that nylon rope is stronger than chain of
reasonably comparable size but has the advantage of being able to stretch
thus putting meaning into the word 'spring'. The shock loads of dock
chains
taking up the strain at frequent intervals must be terrific, unless your
docking lines are very very long indeed, not to mention the continuous
clanking noise. Plus, you are in a steel boat which makes it even worse.
I think your harbour master is crazy.
And as for the chain bug, by the time you have fixed the thing onto the
chain an experienced eye could have checked the whole chain.
Or maybe this is a troll and I have been hooked...
Edgar

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
As many have seen NY requires schackles and thimbles. Here in Texas we
require chain and shackles year around. Or harbor master requires each
boat to have two set of spring chains on each side of the vessel and a
min of 4 main docking chains.

The harbor manager has a robot chain bugs that inspects all the chains
on an automated bases. And your chains better be up to par or you are
outta here.

Ever seen a chain bug? http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/twiimages/crks1f1.jpg

Joe

Ah well, it happens...

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
He's just giving Bob a hard time.. you've been hooked. :-)

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Edgar" wrote in message
...
Joe, I never heard of anything like that. 4 docking lines all chain and
even
the springs are chain??
Doesn't your harbour master know that nylon rope is stronger than chain
of
reasonably comparable size but has the advantage of being able to
stretch
thus putting meaning into the word 'spring'. The shock loads of dock
chains
taking up the strain at frequent intervals must be terrific, unless your
docking lines are very very long indeed, not to mention the continuous
clanking noise. Plus, you are in a steel boat which makes it even worse.
I think your harbour master is crazy.
And as for the chain bug, by the time you have fixed the thing onto the
chain an experienced eye could have checked the whole chain.
Or maybe this is a troll and I have been hooked...
Edgar

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
As many have seen NY requires schackles and thimbles. Here in Texas we
require chain and shackles year around. Or harbor master requires each
boat to have two set of spring chains on each side of the vessel and a
min of 4 main docking chains.

The harbor manager has a robot chain bugs that inspects all the chains
on an automated bases. And your chains better be up to par or you are
outta here.

Ever seen a chain bug? http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/twiimages/crks1f1.jpg

Joe

Edgar wrote:
Joe, I never heard of anything like that. 4 docking lines all chain and even
the springs are chain??
...
Or maybe this is a troll and I have been hooked...
Edgar

Doh!