{"id":5992,"date":"2016-05-12T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/?p=5992"},"modified":"2016-05-13T12:38:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T12:38:42","slug":"2016-05-11-our-anchor-bridle-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/?p=5992","title":{"rendered":"2016-05-11 Our Anchor Bridle Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please see part one:\u00a0 \u201c2016-05-13 Anchor Bridle\u2013Storm Recap<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTHE SNUBBER — A snubber is simply a length of line used to take up strain on the anchor chain and acts as a shock absorber. When the wind is strong and pushing a boat back against it\u2019s chain, higher peak loads are created that can cause the anchor to pull free; can cause serious damage to the boat\u2019s windlass and fasteners; and may even damage interior joinery that the windlass is attached to. Also, the jerking motion can be extremely uncomfortable and noisy for those onboard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to our January storm event we used the snubber depicted below. Having two lines cleated to the port and starboard bow cleats should always maintain a minimal strain on the chain to keep it secured to the bridle but making the bridle easy to remove in an emergency. We always left a great deal of slack in the chain causing the bridle plate to act as a cantilever with the chain draped over the ends. It clearly can be seen the safety provided by a quick release is also it failure point. We suspect our failure was both snubber lines became slack with the significant vertical motion of the bow the bridle was simply tossed off by the chain.<\/p>\n

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The settled upon solution perhaps goes to the other extreme in regards to maintaining a good connection to the chain. The \u201chook\u201d is a Suncor Anchor Snubber purchased at Defender.com. The hook itself is made of 316 Stainless.<\/p>\n

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From the vendors website.<\/p>\n

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Magnolia\u2019s implementation consists of the hook along with two 25ft –\u00a0 1\/2 inch 3 strand lines which I eye spliced over a stainless steel thimble. The Admiral made some easy to attach chaff guards out of \u201cShelter-Rite\u201d attached using super strength velcro. I am monitoring the area near the thimbles for potential chaff from the chain but right now the chaff guards primarily intended for the deck chocks.<\/p>\n

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The second part of Magnolia\u2019s implementation is a safety stop line incase the bridle fails. This is a standard 5\/16th stainless chain hook also with 1\/2 inch 3 strand line which I eye spliced over a stainless steel thimble.<\/p>\n

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Here the safety hook is attached to the chain and cleated to a bow cleat. This whole system I feel pushes the level of complication to a point where I may end up simplifying, perhaps by reducing the the snubber lines from two down to one. On the upside if we need to release the anchor in an emergency my trusty serrated line knife is always nearby! This is just the what we do aboard Magnolia. I am sure everyone has their own idea\u2019s, this is just ours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please see part one:\u00a0 \u201c2016-05-13 Anchor Bridle\u2013Storm Recap\u201d \u201cTHE SNUBBER — A snubber is simply a length of line used to take up strain on the anchor chain and acts as a shock absorber. When the wind is strong and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5992"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6000,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5992\/revisions\/6000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}