Philip, I would be interested to learn how you made your bridle. I am in process of converting one rode to all chain....
Thanks, Melinda --- On Tue, 5/12/09, Philip Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Philip Lange <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] all chain rode with a windless > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 6:48 AM > > Steve: > I used a Devil's Claw, AKA chain hook, shackled to an eyes > splice in a > length appropriately sized three strand nylon. After the > anchor was set > I attached the chain hook and let about ten or fifteen feet > depending on > the depth of the water and let out enough chain to have a > loop of chain > hanging in the water. The nylon acted as a snubber and it > was easy to > bring the chain aboard and remove the Devil's Claw before > it got to the > windless. > > I usually anchored with a bridle, had a tri, and the Claw > made > attachment easy. Claw lasted a year or two of daily use > before rusting > out. Get 'em cheap at work boat supply houses along the > waterway, St > Augustine's Marine Oil and Supply was a good source. > > Philip > > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 21:34 -0400, Steve Weinstein wrote: > > > > > So what's the procedure to "tie off" a chain rode? > > > > Any help is appreciated! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
