Re: Stus-List Anchor links.

2017-10-20 Thread Josh Muckley via CnC-List
For what it is worth, Practical Sailor has a low opinion of stainless steel on your ground tackle; Particularly when mixed with the other metals. Beware there are different ratings of shackles despite the same size. As I recall a class 'B' is a higher rating. For a 3/8ths shackle the load

Re: Stus-List Anchor links.

2017-10-19 Thread Joel Aronson via CnC-List
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Re: Stus-List Anchor links.

2017-10-19 Thread Joe Della Barba via CnC-List
My chain is galvanized and so is the shackle and so is the anchor. If the shackle rubs the zinc off the end link, I would just cut it off and use the next one. Joe Coquina On 10/19/2017 12:28 PM, Brian Fry via CnC-List wrote: Splicing the chain to the rode only fixes half the problem.

Re: Stus-List Anchor links.

2017-10-19 Thread Jim Watts via CnC-List
For some reason, the first link connecting to the rope seems to get way more corroded than any other part of the chain/rode assembly, possibly because it is buried in the chain locker with a bunch of salty wet rope. The swivel end was never a problem on my setup. Until the swivel itself broke and

Re: Stus-List Anchor links.

2017-10-19 Thread Brian Fry via CnC-List
Splicing the chain to the rode only fixes half the problem. What about the other end that attaches to the stainless fitting at the anchor? ___ The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. October will be our fund raising

Re: Stus-List Anchor links

2017-10-19 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
http://www.animatedknots.com/chainsplice/index.php From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:52 AM To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' Cc: Della Barba, Joe Subject: Re: Stus-List Anchor links I have been doing

Re: Stus-List Anchor links

2017-10-19 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 9:07 PM To: 1 CnC List Cc: Jim Watts Subject: Re: Stus-List Anchor links Splice the rode to the chain. Easy. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 18 October 2017 at 15:34, Brian Fry via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-li

Re: Stus-List Anchor links

2017-10-18 Thread Jim Watts via CnC-List
Splice the rode to the chain. Easy. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 18 October 2017 at 15:34, Brian Fry via CnC-List wrote: > During a change of the anchor I found a well corroded link. It is the > first link connecting the rode shackle to the line.