Has anyone ever broken their anchor chain at anchor?

[vyv_cox]

The Crosby link, one of the best performers in my tests, was marked 'CANADA' like that one, but they were not marked 21C. However, the SWL is identical. The amount of data provided on the Ebay site suggests it to be a good product. Well worth asking them if Crosby are the manufacturer. A much better price than Selby Lifting are offering.

 

[saltwater_gypsy]

RE. Snubbers

Vyv did in post #7

OK,so I never read the small print !! Sorry Vyv

 

[doug748]

Cant see how it would ever happen in a modern plastic boat. I would expect the cleat to pull out of the deck long before the chain gets to breaking point.

I have just broken my 8mm mooring chain, the failure came in a weld of the link nearest the stemhead. The mooring had become fouled on itself causing it to shorten, and spring tides did the rest. At failure point the foredeck was awash (32 ft boat) so several tons of load. I guess it finally went due to shock load in the wash of a passing boat

My cleats came out of it pretty well, with no signs of stress at all. In this case the load would be through 90deg+ at the stemhead. I had put penny washers under all the bolts when I bought the boat but would have been happier with plates.

Very luckily there seems to be no damage, the boat being held on the long back up line.

The broken link survived, I will try to post a photo soon.

 

[doug748]

I had put penny washers under all the bolts when I bought the boat but would have been happier with plates.

Just checked, I had put plates under the cleats.

Here is the broken link.

Looks like it held to the bitter end.

BTW, the calipers were a Lidl special - what a cracking buy for under ten quid!

 

[Sybarite]

I use a rope with a rubber mooring shock absorber on the anchor chain to avoid snatch loads.