Oh great. Now you have my doubting myself on the chain. I called Ideal and a guy that was with the company 30+ years said it was probably 3/8 BBB but he couldn't tell for sure without some stamped number on the wildcat. Of course on my windlass it is scratched out from the chain.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Oates Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Best place to buy new Anchor rode? Boy, I wish this had come up a year ago. I measured the chain on my 42' and the dia of the link material was 3/8". So, I bought 200 feet of 3/8" BBB chain from Defender Industries. It turned out to be too big! I bought the wrong chain and I had to find someone to sell it to, which I did. Anyway, my Ideal windless manual specified 5/16" chain which measures 3/8" . Oh well, live and learn. BTW, I not only took a big loss on the chain but it was very hard to move around -- as you know, it's heavy! DavidO --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Best place to buy new Anchor rode? To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 2:54 PM Can anyone suggest a good place to price out new 3/8" BBB anchor chain? I looked at West Marine and Fisheries Supply so far. The best price I have found is $4.25 a foot. For 300 ft that is a LOT of money. Unfortunately those stock Ideal Windlass' do not support Chain to nylon line configs I guess. Or I would go that route. Thanks, Kerry </table --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
