TiggerToo
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What would you use to protect your mooring and anchor warps from chafe?
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BrendanS
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many use plastic tubing, such as hose pipe. However, reports on the forums in the past are that some types of tubing become stiff over time, which causes failure
TiggerToo
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tubing. Yes, I have tried this and it is not very satisfactory. that is why I was asking for other's views.
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I've used pipes of various types and agree that it's not always great. Reinforced transparent hose is the least bad - the hose is either sliced longitudinally or put over the warp before use. I use a shock cord at each end of the hose, dismantled and reassmebled once looped through to then be able to set the position of the hose each time it is used.
I think a main reason why it's not great is that the hose pipe itself has a high coefficient of friction, much higher than the rope it protects. So the mooring warp behaves differently, grabbing on other ropes or chafing surfaces.
To eliminate this, cover the hose with sail tape. Suddenly, the protective hose is transformed, and slides smoothly over anything it touches and hence doesn't tend to grab itself to a different position or get "pushed off" the chafing surface.
I think a main reason why it's not great is that the hose pipe itself has a high coefficient of friction, much higher than the rope it protects. So the mooring warp behaves differently, grabbing on other ropes or chafing surfaces.
To eliminate this, cover the hose with sail tape. Suddenly, the protective hose is transformed, and slides smoothly over anything it touches and hence doesn't tend to grab itself to a different position or get "pushed off" the chafing surface.
Krusty
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For mooring warps, there is nothing to beat the time-tested practice of wrapping the rope with multiple layers of old sailcloth (terylene/polyester, not cotton!), stitching the last wrap with whipping twine and upholstery needle, finally adding tight whippings at the ends. For anchor warps the same without the stitching, and 'constrictor' knotted cords at the ends instead of whippings. If chafe in the bow roller unit is a problem, a winter session with fine file to get all corners well rounded and a power polisher until all contact surfaces are scratch-free pays huge dividends: my current 8-plait anchor warps are free of chafe damage after 500 anchorages, many of them anything but quiet!
jeremyshaw
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In the US the local fire stations often give old fire hose to the marinas for 'boaters' to use. Seems to work really well. First find your fireman...
TJAGAIN
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iv'e just slipped a length of rubber shrink tube over the mooring rope and shrunk it to fit using heat. looks ok we will see
Poignard
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I recently read "Down Channel"by R.T,MacMullen, a Victorian yachtsmen. His rope anchor warps had parcelling sewn on at intervals along their length e.g. 30 fathoms and 60 fathoms. When anchoring in open roadsteads he simply paid out the warp until a parcelled section was in the bow fairlead. 30 fathoms in moderate weather or 60 in bad; none of this "so many times the depth " business that we do nowadays.
Seems to have some advantages to me in that you can make a really good permanent job of the parcelling instead of fiddling about with bits of plastic or canvas that don't stay put, also you don't need to do any sums, just pay out plenty of rope and sleep sound!
His book is worth a read; he is not well-known because he didn't "go foreign" but he did cover thousands of miles around the UK often in appalling weather, single-handed, without engine, gps, echo sounder, electric lights, vhf etc. (He also had to fight off longshoremen trying to get on board and "salvage" him when they realised he was single-handed!)
Seems to have some advantages to me in that you can make a really good permanent job of the parcelling instead of fiddling about with bits of plastic or canvas that don't stay put, also you don't need to do any sums, just pay out plenty of rope and sleep sound!
His book is worth a read; he is not well-known because he didn't "go foreign" but he did cover thousands of miles around the UK often in appalling weather, single-handed, without engine, gps, echo sounder, electric lights, vhf etc. (He also had to fight off longshoremen trying to get on board and "salvage" him when they realised he was single-handed!)
DepSol
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chafepro.co.uk or for light wear and tear 3M tape.
Yachting Mike
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Chafe Protection
The best stuff on the market that I have found is Chafe-Pro. It can be found at www.chafepro.com They are the manufacturers of Chafe-Pro chafing gear. They are a reputable company that has been around for awhile. Their biggest clients are the US Navy and the US Coast Guard. However they do manufacture chafing gear for the recreational to the superyacht market as well They have chafing gear for lines 3/8" - 4" in diameter. They also manufacture custom units as well. Their website also lists their retailers as well.
The best stuff on the market that I have found is Chafe-Pro. It can be found at www.chafepro.com They are the manufacturers of Chafe-Pro chafing gear. They are a reputable company that has been around for awhile. Their biggest clients are the US Navy and the US Coast Guard. However they do manufacture chafing gear for the recreational to the superyacht market as well They have chafing gear for lines 3/8" - 4" in diameter. They also manufacture custom units as well. Their website also lists their retailers as well.
