Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Chain to rode. How do you ?
JOHN HAYES
My Santorin (Nga Waka) is 1991 and 46 feet so I guess similar to your vessel
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On purchase the boat was down in the bow, it transpired that the drain hole was full of dirt and had blocked up! Draining the locker produced a lift The chain was very rusty so I took it out and replaced it with 120 m of 10 mm Italian made chain, the best quality I could find in NZ at the time It and the35 kg anchor held fast through the entrails of 3 tropical cyclones at different locations in NZ’s north islands in the past 2 months In practice 100 m of chain might make more sense as the chain is inclined to accumulate under the lofrans in the chain locker, blocking the flow which then necessitates going below removing the inspection plate and flattening the chain so the remainder can drop in Mindful of the condition of the locker I inherited we block the chain and hole under the lofrans with plasticine or modelling clay before heading to sea We also find that removing the inspection port allows the locker and chain to dry Finally we use a snug chain as a security back up and also at anchor so the boat swings on rope across the bow fair lead Apologies if I’m telling you to suck eggs Best John Hayes WELLINGTON NZ
On 10/04/2018, at 7:39 PM, smiles bernard smilesbernard@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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