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New generation of anchors
I'm curious, as I'm trying for the same setup now that I'm cruising,
and the scraping chain is a pain. Once you run the "hook line", there is spare chain that will be looser than the line, doesn't it just bang against the side of the boat? On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:11:01 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:44:33 -0500, Geoff Schultz wrote: I will state that the CQR has also held very reliably once set properly. I've ever ridden out a 72 kt storm at anchor in Honduras that bent the anchor roller like a pretzel. The winds blew 40-50 kts for 20+ minutes and the storm lasted about 2 hours in total. When I looked at my instruments later, I saw a max wind speed of 72 kts! See http://www.geoffschultz.org/2002_Sai...n/P6040586.jpg for a photo. Ouch. We use a "hook line" on the chain to take the strain off the anchor pulpit and roller. The hook line also acts as a shock absorber since it is 3-strand nylon with a bit of stretch to it. The hook line runs through a deck chock (hawse pipe on our boat), and then to a cleat. |
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