Rope reel

NormanS said:
Just for interest, what, if any advantage does the tape have over rope?
I do know that it vibrates horribly in the wind.:rolleyes:
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To me the main advantage is in the volume taken up in storage. I have IIRC 60 metres on my reel, stored permanently and neatly on the pushpit. The equivalent strength rope would be yet another large coil to stow in the cockpit locker. There may also be a weight advantage when wet.
The vibrating can be reduced by deliberately putting a couple of twists into the tape when setting it out.
 
NormanS said:
Just for interest, what, if any advantage does the tape have over rope?
I do know that it vibrates horribly in the wind.:rolleyes:
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Just tie a small length of rope, ribbon or fabric on the middle of the tape / webbing and the vibration stops.

We do this when setting up very tight slack lines. You don't need to purposely twist it or play with tension. Just a tiny bit of something in the middle.
 
NormanS said:
"Very tight slack lines" Eh?
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Google high line or slack line. It is a form of tightrope walking but with webbing. Relatively speaking it is slack compared to a tightrope but it still needs to be cranked very tight.

Google "Senza Regole highline" for the Vimeo video. That was an sailing / highline trip we did in Sardinia. If you look closely you'll see little bits of tape hanging off the line to prevent vibration from escalating.
 
When I had a chain/rope anchor rode, the rope was spliced permanently to the chain and simply went into the chain locker first with the chain being piled on top of it. A simple system which prevented any tangles and also simplified anchor preparations as all I had to do was to work out how much rode to let out rather than deciding I needed to add the rope and then fiddle round for the bitter end of the chain to join the two together.

The systems discussed here are all the sort of thing I'd use for a kedge anchor or lines ashore not for the bower anchor.
 
duncan99210 said:
When I had a chain/rope anchor rode, the rope was spliced permanently to the chain and simply went into the chain locker first with the chain being piled on top of it. A simple system which prevented any tangles and also simplified anchor preparations as all I had to do was to work out how much rode to let out rather than deciding I needed to add the rope and then fiddle round for the bitter end of the chain to join the two together.

The systems discussed here are all the sort of thing I'd use for a kedge anchor or lines ashore not for the bower anchor.
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Yes but h0w do you recover the rode and feed it back down the chain pipe or do U have an open locker.
 
Wansworth said:
Yes but h0w do you recover the rode and feed it back down the chain pipe or do U have an open locker.
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Open locker on my main boat but chain pipe on my project boat. Recover rope on to foredeck and then fed it down the hole. Takes perhaps a minute or two. Alternatively if I have a crew member, they go below and pull it down into the locker.
 
Wansworth said:
Yes on reflection I am going to get some more chain for the bower and maybe keep the 2nd anchor with some chain and the rest as warp on a reel that can be stowed below.
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That,s what I have 70 metres of chain on my main anchor, 10 metres on my second anchor and the reel is for a 100metre of anchor that can be shackled to either anchor as required. I do not have a deck opening locker hence the reel
 
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Rogershaw will probably agree with me that as a lunch-hook a 10m chain is fabulous, for things like faffing around waiting for moorings to open, or for tide to turn, but a lunking pile of steel chain with octoplait or 12-plait backing is reserved for "best", or at least tentative anchorages. Best is to have everything easily within reach, because heaving reels, hanks or bags of suspiciously-coiled cable onto a bucking foredeck and then trying to fasten backing onto anchor rode while the remainder of the tackle just wants to go overboard is a supremely "kak" idea.
Remember that the chain is wretched stuff- unless it's in a crate or down a chute or in a bag containing 5 fathoms or so, it needs help and a coach-whip to chase it out of its tangled state! Even 20m of chain is bloody heavy, so also test-weigh your parcels to see whether they're manageable serving sizes!
 
Hal Roth had a reel mounted on the aft deck of his 35 footer with the end lead off through a block. the opposite corner.In practise this worked well as I had a similar set up a.Especially handy for deploying the 2nd ancour quickly using a dinghy single handed.His book After 50,000 miles. Has lots of interesting ideas.
 
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