dhays
Guru
- Joined
- May 26, 2015
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- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Kinship
- Vessel Make
- North Pacific 43
Ever since I bought the boat (over a year now), I have been meaning to add a short length of nylon line to connect my chain rode to the hard point in the anchor locker. Up till now, the chain was attached to that hard point with a SS shackle.
The concern of course is that if we were caught in a bad situation and needed to let the anchor go, it would be difficult to go head-first into the anchor locker with the appropriate tool and undo the shackle connecting the chain to the boat.
Yesterday I was messing about trying to see if I could get my anchor to always come right side up into anchor roller and eventually let out all the chain. This gave me the opportunity to finally attach a line between chain and boat. I had a short length of 5/8" 3 strand so I spliced it to the chain on one end and then spliced an eye on the other that I put the existing shackle through. This was my first time splicing rope to chain but it was pretty simple.
What is a bit odd is that the whole thing took maybe 30 minutes to accomplish. Why did it take me over a year to get around to doing it?
The concern of course is that if we were caught in a bad situation and needed to let the anchor go, it would be difficult to go head-first into the anchor locker with the appropriate tool and undo the shackle connecting the chain to the boat.
Yesterday I was messing about trying to see if I could get my anchor to always come right side up into anchor roller and eventually let out all the chain. This gave me the opportunity to finally attach a line between chain and boat. I had a short length of 5/8" 3 strand so I spliced it to the chain on one end and then spliced an eye on the other that I put the existing shackle through. This was my first time splicing rope to chain but it was pretty simple.
What is a bit odd is that the whole thing took maybe 30 minutes to accomplish. Why did it take me over a year to get around to doing it?