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  1. Pascal, Aug 12, 2020
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    We don’t anchor in crowded harbors. We hate crowds. :) and so do our guests... the few times we anchor in what we call crowded, it’s a dozen boats the nearest 300’ away. No risk of electrolysis. And our zincs wear is normal.

    I ll see what WM replies. It s not a huge deal. Will keep it this way for another year or two then swap ends The original chain on the boat lasted 8 years although I doubt the previous owners anchored much.
  2. Pascal, Aug 12, 2020
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    Local store manager says they will replace it this time but in the future the warranty is one year as they now stick to ACCO warranty.

    Going to decide in the next couple of days what to do. It s a bear of a job to get 200’ of chain on and off the boat , then to the store and back. Just for pretty much one year or so.

    I found some stainless steel 3/8 BBB. $1849 for 200’ versus $1049 for the ACCO. Expensive but could be worth it. Trying to find out where it s made as I m weary of chinese stuff especially SS. Working load higher than ACCO according to specs. Sold by a company named Marine Now. Anybody familiar with them?
  3. boatpoor, Aug 12, 2020
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    I'm planning to replace mine with 316 stainless this year. Marine Now was one of the vendors I looked at but I'm still waiting on one more quote.
  4. Pascal, Aug 12, 2020
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    Lmk what you find.

    mid we were going to the yard I d replace it under warranty... easy to feed the chain in and out of the truck.... but here at the dock it s a work out. We re side to in a tee head so bow in isn’t an option.
  5. boatpoor, Aug 12, 2020
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    I'll let you know what I find out . We're in the heavy rigging business and buy lots of chain every year. Our main supplier is working something up for me.
  6. SeaLion, Aug 13, 2020
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    I heard of Maggi Chain, doing Italian made stainless chain. Supposedly certified.
  7. rtrafford, Aug 13, 2020
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    Recently faced this issue and dropped the chain onto a borrowed work float, then walked that the the bulkhead closest to parking, offloaded- reloaded, wash rinse repeat.
  8. rtrafford, Aug 13, 2020
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    I used Rope Inc down in Lauderdale. Their price for 1/2 HT G43 ISO was about 10% less than Maggi, plus they did my set up.




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  9. Pascal, Aug 13, 2020
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    Yeah last time we ran the end to the dock and pulled it on the dock while paying it out with the windlass. I m too old for this :)
  10. bayoubud, Aug 13, 2020
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    Sounds like a lot of work. Maybe a heavy-duty lift bag on a small boat or barge, then forklift into a truck and install in reverse.
  11. NYCAP123, Aug 13, 2020
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    200' of chain is a lot of weight. 5' or 10' of chain isn't. One person on the bow and one on the dock and that chain will be in a dock cart in no time with no fuss.
  12. Pascal, Aug 13, 2020
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    Yep. Did it once.... 20’ beam so half is 10’ plus the width of a the piling and and extra foot on the dock that’s 12’ of 3/8 suspended in the air. Maybe you forgot how heavy chain is since you retired.
  13. NYCAP123, Aug 13, 2020
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    1.41 lbs. per foot x 12' = 16.92 lbs. Split by 2 people. REALLY??? Us NY'ers have a different idea what's hard and what's not.
  14. NYCAP123, Aug 13, 2020
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    I dare say even retired and 70 I could still handle 5 times that.
  15. BRyachts, Aug 13, 2020
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    Pussies! LOL

    The smaller boat we sold had 400' 0f 5/8" stud link chain on each side.

    Oh, and 350' of 100 amp, 3 phase, 5 conductor shore pwr cable

    The new boat has 450' of 3/4" chain on each side, similar pwr cable.
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  16. NYCAP123, Aug 13, 2020
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    Oh good. I thought maybe the Florida sun made people weak.:cool: And I agree. I've become a whimp since I retired. Lazy. It happen when you get old. What's your excuse Pascal?:D (All in jest)
  17. Pascal, Aug 13, 2020
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    No excuse. Have you done it when tied alongside and in 90 degree heat. I have. Never again
  18. NYCAP123, Aug 13, 2020
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    Thought you said "no excuse". ;) Used to run a 60' Sunseeker whose windless continually popped the breaker. A few times I had to haul the whole thing up by hand including anchor cause it was faster than messing with the breaker. Face it Pascal you're getting weak or lazy in your old age. It's that Miami marina life. Too many parties. :rolleyes:
    P.S. You could do it in the evening.
  19. Pascal, Aug 13, 2020
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    What kind of a Captain runs a boat with a bad windlass ....
  20. NYCAP123, Aug 13, 2020
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    Thinking back to my youth (when I was 50) I remember hauling the chain from the 70' crew boat I ran up on deck with another guy. paying it out, painting it and putting it back. Don't remember the length or diameter but you can guess what that boat would use. And I seem to remember that was in a somewhere near a 90* NY summer day. Time to get back to the gym.:D (That's the last one. I promise.:rolleyes:)
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