Cure for noisy warps?

[rafiki_]

Have been on board for a few nights over this winter, and generally nice and snug, but Rafiki suffers from creaking warps when it is windy. Any thoughts?

 

[sarabande]

short of oiling them, I think you just have to think that the noise shows they are doing their job well.


IIRC cable laid hawsers don't creak so much as octoplait or 3strand.

 

[rafiki_]

It is the 3 strand bow warp, just on the front of the cabin

 

[Steve Clayton]

If you can't sleep on a boat then it's a sign that you have not had enough to drink.

 

[lisilou]

Quies ear plugs. It's the only cure I'm afraid.
L

 

[rafiki_]

Quies ear plugs. It's the only cure I'm afraid.
L

Yep, they are in most nights on board Lisa.

 

[rafiki_]

If you can't sleep on a boat then it's a sign that you have not had enough to drink.

Tend not to drink during the week if I can help it........so I can make it up at the weekend

 

[Whitelighter]

Little bit of fairy liquid on the warps/clear works a treat

 

[rafiki_]

Little bit of fairy liquid on the warps/clear works a treat

Jez, interesting. I use the fairy liquid on the fenders. Never thought of using in the warps. Worth a go, thanks.

 

[Whitelighter]

Jez, interesting. I use the fairy liquid on the fenders. Never thought of using in the warps. Worth a go, thanks.

That should read warps/CLEAT. Blooming iPhone. It does work, I use it quite often

 

[rafiki_]

That should read warps/CLEAT. Blooming iPhone. It does work, I use it quite often

Yep, I think the cleat is the root cause of the noise, and of course, mounted to the cabin roof. Definitely worth a go, thanks.

 

[MapisM]

It is the 3 strand bow warp, just on the front of the cabin

You mean the ground lines in the marina, I suppose?
Because that rules out sarabande suggestion of changing them with other types.

If that is the case, you might be interested to try the rollers fairleads below.
I just bought the stuff for my boat, but can't actually confirm (yet) how effective they are.
I'll be able to report back after the boat will go back in the water, if you don't mind waiting a couple of months...

 

[MapisM]

Yep, I think the cleat is the root cause of the noise

Doesn't the warp go through a fairlead, before being tied to the cleat?
If it does (which is true for most boats), you might find that 90% of the noise actually comes from the fairlead - hence my previous suggestion.

 

[rafiki_]

Doesn't the warp go through a fairlead, before being tied to the cleat?
If it does (which is true for most boats), you might find that 90% of the noise actually comes from the fairlead - hence my previous suggestion.

Not the bow cleats.

 

[Whitelighter]

Yep, I think the cleat is the root cause of the noise, and of course, mounted to the cabin roof. Definitely worth a go, thanks.

Yep I had exactly the same issue. Now cleats in the guitar box of the bow cabin.

 

[MapisM]

Not the bow cleats.

May I ask which is the boat? There are just a very few that I can think of, with no fairleads at the bow....

 

[MarieK]

I had this same issue with noisy warps, I spend a lot of time on the boat in winter so invested quite a bit of time tracing the issue and fixing it, Two things fixed it for me.

First I put snubbers on the docklines

Second I discovered that alot of the noise was generated as the bow line tightened under load around the bow cleat, the noise was actually rope rubbing against the cleat and reverberating through into the bow cabin. I tried a few different ways to make the bowline fast on the bow cleat and figured out the configuration that resulted in the least rubbing of the bow line against the cleat. Hard to explain but try a different way of making the line fast on the bow cleat, perhaps going through the centre of the cleat.

 

[rafiki_]

Snazi 39

 

[rafiki_]

I had this same issue with noisy warps, I spend a lot of time on the boat in winter so invested quite a bit of time tracing the issue and fixing it, Two things fixed it for me.

First I put snubbers on the docklines

Second I discovered that alot of the noise was generated as the bow line tightened under load around the bow cleat, the noise was actually rope rubbing against the cleat and reverberating through into the bow cabin. I tried a few different ways to make the bowline fast on the bow cleat and figured out the configuration that resulted in the least rubbing of the bow line against the cleat. Hard to explain but try a different way of making the line fast on the bow cleat, perhaps going through the centre of the cleat.

I think Whitelighter has hit the spot. Will try the fairy liquid next time on board.

 

[Whitelighter]

To be fair the rubber snubbers as suggested above will also help.

But I always favour the cheaper solution