Leighb
Well-known member
Is there any sure way to avoid the chain sticking so that every metre has to be hauled out of the locker by hand?
Last season I had no bother with it, but when I came to anchor last week I had a real problem budging it.
Before the trip I hauled all the chain out on deck and returned it to the locker as I thought it might have packed down after a bumpy trip across the North Sea. Perhaps it would have been better left where it was ?
Set up is a Bruce on a stemhead roller with 8mm chain, passing over a Seawolf electric windlass and then vertically down to the chain locker. Power is only up not down so I have to rely on gravity or muscle power to lower the anchor.
Last season I had no bother with it, but when I came to anchor last week I had a real problem budging it.
Before the trip I hauled all the chain out on deck and returned it to the locker as I thought it might have packed down after a bumpy trip across the North Sea. Perhaps it would have been better left where it was ?
Set up is a Bruce on a stemhead roller with 8mm chain, passing over a Seawolf electric windlass and then vertically down to the chain locker. Power is only up not down so I have to rely on gravity or muscle power to lower the anchor.