On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:06:45PM +0200, Ed Kelly wrote:
>
> The chafe is the killer. I may have mentioned before that our first surveyor
> about 15 yrs ago told me he was a former USCG officer & engineer and did
> insurance claim investigations. He said in many many hurricanes he had never
> seen a boat with a BOW EYE attachment that had been destroyed.
Interesting - although perhaps there's a bit of sampling error there
(there aren't all that many big boats, and especially sailboats with bow
eyes as compared to everything else.) But it does make sense that a
large eye, especially one well-backed and with nothing for the rope to
chafe on (and maybe even close to the waterline), would be a better
solution than the more usual cleat/edge of deck/chafe protection mess.
The only thing I'd be concerned about would be the sharp bend in the
anchor rope where it went through the eye, but that's a solvable
problem: thimbles, etc. would spread that load.
I think I just talked myself into adding a project to my list. :)
Ben
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