Is snubbers needed when at anchor. What does it really do?
I`m less sure about the position where a rope rode is in use, it may also be desirable to move that load off the windlass to a cleat or post.
Between us, we found most of the merits of snubbers.So was I !!!
Is there a boat size/weight where you would no longer use a combination chain, rope rode?Depends...if you are using mostly a nylon rode...probably not.
If using chain and expecting enough wind that the chain may straighten, definitely.
Is there a boat size/weight where you would no longer use a combination chain, rope rode?
Snubbers are only needed with all-chain rode. A combination rode (nylon line with a short length of chain connecting the end of the nylon to the anchor) it it's own snubber (shock absorber). No separate shock absorbing device like a snubber is needed.
Could it be "The Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring" by Earl R Hinz ( American,not French). At p.115, Revised Second Edition, he deals with what he calls "Chain Riding Stoppers". P117 depicts a range of chain attachment devices, of which the "common grab hook" ( bearclaw) is described as "not recommended" as it "weakens the chain to about 80% of normal strength because of the eccentric grasp". He shows other commercially available attachment plates.I think the title is "The Complete Book of Anchoring".
sounds like that could lead to a serious hijacking of the snubber question and get us all back into anchoring!
Let's let sleeping dogs lie....
Best to you, Capt Bill
curtis
Could it be "The Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring" by Earl R Hinz ( American,not French). At p.115, Revised Second Edition, he deals with what he calls "Chain Riding Stoppers". P117 depicts a range of chain attachment devices, of which the "common grab hook" ( bearclaw) is described as "not recommended" as it "weakens the chain to about 80% of normal strength because of the eccentric grasp". He shows other commercially available attachment plates.
My copy came from Amazon. If we confine discussion to the relevant part, the thread should be safe enough.
Ok, but;Anchor size and weight probably has as much or more to do with that than the size of the boat alone. Once you reach the larger size and weight anchors it's not really practical to have a combination line and change rode.
Ok, but;
Aren't anchor size and weight mostly determined by boat size and weight?
So, put another way then, is there generally an anchor size/weight when you would not use a combination?
Ok, but;
Aren't anchor size and weight mostly determined by boat size and weight?
So, put another way then, is there generally an anchor size/weight when you would not use a combination?
Is there a boat size/weight where you would no longer use a combination chain, rope rode?