FootballFan
Well-Known Member
I absolutely love the anchor snubber we use. Simple, but easy to use and very effective.
Back Story:
We had anchored out a few nights ago. When we were picking up the anchor the next morning, the swivel on the anchor didn't swivel - the anchor would not spin around the proper orientation. It was upside down. After messing with it a bit I decided that I would continue on until I got to our next stop where I knew we would have the dinghy in the water. It was fully retracted, we were only going a few miles in very smooth water.
Fast forward to later that day with the dinghy in the water. I decided that I would go to the bow of the boat on the dinghy and have my wife lower the anchor a few feet, I would spin it around, then she would retract it.
Now the mistake I made. I should have asked her to remove the snubber from the windlass compartment, I didn't even think about it. Everything is going well. Anchor properly oriented, retracting, but then stopped a few inches from fully up. Windlass would not retract any more, dead.
Ok, you can see where this is headed. The snubber got wrapped between the chain and the windlass.
Anchor was secure, we didn't have any anchoring plans until we were back in our slip, so I decided to wait till we were home.
Lowering the anchor a couple of feet was sufficient to pull the snubber line out of the windlass. Windlass then retracted normally and all is good.
Now the question. When I had originally saw what had happened I assumed I would need to replace the line. After untangling the line, other than having rubbed paint off the chain, it doesn't appear to be damaged.
What do you think? Do I need to replace the line?
What do you think? Replace the line? or does it look OK?
thanks,
Back Story:
We had anchored out a few nights ago. When we were picking up the anchor the next morning, the swivel on the anchor didn't swivel - the anchor would not spin around the proper orientation. It was upside down. After messing with it a bit I decided that I would continue on until I got to our next stop where I knew we would have the dinghy in the water. It was fully retracted, we were only going a few miles in very smooth water.
Fast forward to later that day with the dinghy in the water. I decided that I would go to the bow of the boat on the dinghy and have my wife lower the anchor a few feet, I would spin it around, then she would retract it.
Now the mistake I made. I should have asked her to remove the snubber from the windlass compartment, I didn't even think about it. Everything is going well. Anchor properly oriented, retracting, but then stopped a few inches from fully up. Windlass would not retract any more, dead.
Ok, you can see where this is headed. The snubber got wrapped between the chain and the windlass.
Anchor was secure, we didn't have any anchoring plans until we were back in our slip, so I decided to wait till we were home.
Lowering the anchor a couple of feet was sufficient to pull the snubber line out of the windlass. Windlass then retracted normally and all is good.
Now the question. When I had originally saw what had happened I assumed I would need to replace the line. After untangling the line, other than having rubbed paint off the chain, it doesn't appear to be damaged.
What do you think? Do I need to replace the line?
What do you think? Replace the line? or does it look OK?
thanks,