PVC/ plastic sleeve for anchor chain?

[Alfie168]

Does anybody know a supplier of the blue sleeve you see on mooring chains to stop hull damage. I have Googled and looked on eBay but can't find what I need.

Tim

 

[sarabande]

dunno whether this is tough enough for you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Layflat-Water-Discharge-Irrigation/dp/B00KILHH1G


Otherwise Bilbo knows where to get it.

 

[RichardS]

How about the clear thick PVC tubing you can buy off the roll at B & Q?

I've a metre or two in the garage which I bought years ago for some reason and I'm sure that it would fit over my chain.

Richard

 

[oldbilbo]

How about the clear thick PVC tubing you can buy off the roll at B & Q?

There are those who have investigated 'parted moorings' incidents who will tell you that the end-edges of such poly tubes can saw through a mooring warp/strop when the boat is bouncing in a chop..... but if the poly tube is tied with cords such that it remains in the right place, it is almost as good as the lay-flat tubing Sara refers to.

One reason I use the blue lay-flat stuff is that a) it does the job, b) it lays flat when stowed, c) it's vanishingly cheap if it comes from a 'lifed item' fire insurance survey, and I have plenty of that. Er, that's 3 reasons.....

 

[Tammany]

Best option is thin stainless plate glued to the hull under the fairlead?