[Rhodes22-list] Fabric Anchor Rode Chain Cover

[Peter Nyberg]

Jeff,

The fabric cover for the anchor chain is 2” tubular webbing.  For tubular webbing the dimension refers to the width of the tube laid flat.  Formed into round tube, the webbing would have an outside circumference of 4”, so a diameter of about 1.27”.

The primary purpose of the webbing is to protect the deck from the chain.  Since I have the bow sprit and anchor roller, I usually deploy and retrieve the anchor while standing in the cockpit, and leave the rode attached to the anchor more or less permanently.  

You may have noticed in the video that the webbing is bright, clean, and shiny.  That’s because it hasn’t actually been used yet.  It is a completely untested concept.  

I has occurred to me that the cover may also pick up less mud that the uncovered chain.  If true, this would be a nice bonus.  But since I handle the rode from the cockpit, and there’s only 10’ of chain, I generally don’t need to touch the chain.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
 

> On Apr 27, 2020, at 8:21 AM, JeffSmith <jeffsmithphoto at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi again Peter,
> In one of your videos you showed a fabric anchor chain cover. Does that
> serve to keep the chain clean in mud as well as protect the deck? 
> 
> 
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> Jeff Smith
> 2009 R22 #101 RADIANT
> Atlantic Highlands Municpal Harbor
> Atlantic Highlands, NJ
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