Phil Fill
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2007
- Messages
- 2,919
- Location
- US
- Vessel Name
- Eagle
- Vessel Make
- Roughwater 58 pilot house
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Since I had nothing better to do over the 4<sup>th</sup> week end, I decided to drag out all the chain, clean and WD-40 the chain and chain locker.* Its been about 10 years since I have done any maintenance on the chain and locker.* The reason I did was to make sure the chain links where not kinked as that happen to me one time, which scared the you know what out of me.* I thought the chain was going to tear up the deck as I let the 75+ lb anchor and chain free fall.* I mean the chain rattling out of the locker is/was bad enough.*
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The first 100+ ft was not so bad, but as the chain got closer to the end the more rust and uglier it became.* Some of the links kinked/rusted together, but mostly it was just plain rusty.* I put a tarp down on our nice pretty teak wood deck so it would not get dirt/scratched.* Took a bucket with soap/stiff brush and *clean as much dirt/rust as possible, let dry, and then WD-40 the chain before dropping it into the chain locker.
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I use the shower in the bow to wash off most of the dirt/raw water, but it appears not well enough as the end of the chain and locker had about 1/2" of dirt/yuck.* So how often and what do you use to maintain you chain and locker.* At least if we ever get the crazy idea to drop the anchor it should not scare me to much.*
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Since I had nothing better to do over the 4<sup>th</sup> week end, I decided to drag out all the chain, clean and WD-40 the chain and chain locker.* Its been about 10 years since I have done any maintenance on the chain and locker.* The reason I did was to make sure the chain links where not kinked as that happen to me one time, which scared the you know what out of me.* I thought the chain was going to tear up the deck as I let the 75+ lb anchor and chain free fall.* I mean the chain rattling out of the locker is/was bad enough.*
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The first 100+ ft was not so bad, but as the chain got closer to the end the more rust and uglier it became.* Some of the links kinked/rusted together, but mostly it was just plain rusty.* I put a tarp down on our nice pretty teak wood deck so it would not get dirt/scratched.* Took a bucket with soap/stiff brush and *clean as much dirt/rust as possible, let dry, and then WD-40 the chain before dropping it into the chain locker.
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I use the shower in the bow to wash off most of the dirt/raw water, but it appears not well enough as the end of the chain and locker had about 1/2" of dirt/yuck.* So how often and what do you use to maintain you chain and locker.* At least if we ever get the crazy idea to drop the anchor it should not scare me to much.*
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