Recent content by tmtracey

Don't discourage people from anchoring Sam, the demand for your bow rollers will dry up! Mine's still going strong.

Okay thanks. Would definitely be quicker with the better grip too. It was two foot pulled in and one foot slipping the other day.

Hi Graham, How long does it take for your windlass to pull it up say 20m which is what I had out at the weekend?

I can see a chain hook being useful. Is there a danger that under tension it would get stuck in the chain and, say in big swell, you get pulled into the pulpit, or it gets stuck in the bow roller?

Thanks for the tips. I think I need to get used to the idea when that when the chain is vertical, you are still well attached.. It feels difficult to know when it's actually come off the bottom but I suppose you just keep an eye on bearings to shore etc.. Probably a matter of experience. It...

I was anchoring recently at Erwarton Bay on the Stour. It's a very soft muddy riverbed. In the morning, try as I might, it was almost impossible to pull the anchor up as my hands kept slipping on the mud on the chain. The particularly difficult points were what mud was lodged in the chain and...

Anybody tried using magnets to untangle them? Imagine you’d need a fairly strong one to be effective.

Yes sure, thanks for the tip. Just didn’t want to drift too far down the ‘to Wd40 or not’ route, useful as that advise is! I have used an endoscope to see if I had a leak in the roof cavity which turned out just to be lots of condensation (Sadler 29- with the insulated walls but not roof). Im...

Brilliant, thanks. Would never have thought to do that.

It’s not the sheaves as I was up the mast the other day and they turn easily. Anyone know if I’d have access into the mast by removing the mast gate? It does feel a bit excessive but would be good to know that could be an option if all else fails. Will probably thread the endoscope up first to...

Good shout. Strangely this noise has only started this season after I replaced the halyard over the winter. I followed the old one through with a mousing line so any tangle must have already been there.

Yes, it is a sprung one in the old Kemp mast. See photo. Would this be removable and provide access into the mast?

I do have a cheaposh endoscope I could try. There is no access except through the sheaves at the bottom of the mast. This is about 2 metres below where it is running. I can take out the sheaves for better access.

Is there any way of untangling a halyard inside a mast without taking it down? It is running ‘okay’ but I can hear it rubbing on something inside the mast just above the gooseneck.

Thanks (y)