What do you use to protect anchor rope ?

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I use chain and rope to my anchor. There was a tradition of parcelling the warp where it went through the fairlead or bow roller, but what do you actually use ? Strips of canvass are in short supply nowadays !
Ken
 
We use offcuts of toilet outlet pipe with bits of 'string' through small holes drilled in one end to keep them in place. IMHO, some kind of protection is essential if there is any significant movement of the boat.
 
after the first use, and obvious damage resulting from the clean, sharp, edges I took a grindeer to then and haven't had a problem since.

One of the more stupid elements on the boat as delivered...........
 
I use a short length of car/lorry? heater hose. It came with the boat. Although it is cut all the way along longitudinally to fit onto the warp, it is springy and folds back onto itself once around the rope. Tied to the bow roller with string it holds it in place and keeps the uncut edge downwards in contact with the roller.

You should be able to find a suitable size from a scrap yard (sorry - vehicle recycling premises) or just buy new from your local autofactors.
 
3 hitches with a thin sacrificial rope to a cleat and let the tension just go on the expensive anchor line. I assume your bow roller is only rubbing not cutting the line at present.
Since the anchor line is still attached it is as safe and a knife will quickly solve any emergency escape situations!
 
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Marinsavor Anchor Rope Protector.

Comes in a variety of sizes. Made from marine grade phosphor bronze with added damnrareium to prevent barnacle damage. Designed by Phillippe Starke-Staring for French world-girdling bateaux. Priced from €1259.95. Stocked by Hypercher Chandlers, St Camembert les deux Miches.

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Hmmmm, decisions, decisions, decisions, €1259.95. for a work of art or nothing for a piece of bog hose hmmmmm.
 
At last .... I\'ve been hanging back waiting for someone ...

The relief line system.

Normally I anchor with chain over bow roller and just a light lanyard over to stop it jumping out of guide. But if I was to anchor for appreciable period ... a) to stop noise, b) to stop grind of chain and chafe - a rope hitched onto the chain and each end back to each side of bow to the mooring cleats I have each side of stem and then slack of chain slightly ... so that weight comes on rope.

OK - I illustrate for chain ... but as other post shows - rope rode can be dealt with similar.

No need for any tubes / pipes / rags or anything then. Slash of a knife if need to get away quick etc. and chain comes in as normal ....
 
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Once was caught in a forecast F10 at Malaig (fortunately think only topped nearer F9). The bow roller cut through the the plastic hose protector on the mooring rope in a few minutes. So I had every one of the ships' dish drying towels parcelling the warp and rotated every couple of hours.
Three other boats came off (all unattended)
 
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Lubricated leather wins hands down, talking old school. Dyneema/Zylon blend sleeve, talking new stuff.

Wallet will prefer the leather.
 
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One of my most interesting anchoring experiences was in a choppy wind vs tide that kept the boat always at an angle to the anchor line. I supplemented the toilet hose around the warp with the toilet door! (toilet door was a very large 'D' flag)
 
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I think you should always use a snubber when you anchor. Well I do.

The weight of the chain-anchor should never be on the windlass - it should be taken by the snubber. The snubber because it is rope adds a bit more elastictiy to the chain cantenrery particular in bad conditions when it might straighten out or even jump out of the water!

Assuming you are using chain then you just clip the purpose made chain hook onto the chain and then bring the two rope ends onto the boat via the Port and starboard fairleads and then tighten them both up so there is a loop of chain hanging down between the hook and the fair-lead....
Michael
 
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...... here is again the well laid out foredeck of my boat >

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As can be seen there are fairleads either side of bow, a central stem roller and a mooring bit central just aft of windlass. The naval pipe is of to sbd ahead of windlass - giving a ~ 240 deg. grip to the chain on the gypsy..... basically weight coming in and weight going down pipe are both pulling chain into the gypsy slots.

Anyway ... point of picture is to help explain ... that in use of a snubber ....... I would have chain over windlass all times with a rope tail hooked onto chain ahead of windlass (snubber if you prefer the term) taking the weight back to the mooring post. This way you are not having to re-rig chain to gyspy and gypsy will also pull up chgain to allow letting go the rope tail ... all falling back to gypsy and you are then ready to heave in.

As to original post ... not much use to him really !
 
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I've been looking for bits of leather for just this job, but so far have only seen some American kits - nice but v. dear. I'm sure there must be another use for leather offcuts out there - I'm thinking some sort of arts & crafts? But where to look? I hadn't thought of lubrication - what is recommended?
 
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