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Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by kach22i, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. Jolly Amaranto
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    Hold your nose, there goes a stinker. Photo taken off Cozumel last month.
     

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  2. hoytedow
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    It should be renamed Galumph.
     
  3. Jolly Amaranto
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    And yet I wonder, how many poop decks can one ship have?
     
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  4. Leo Lazauskas
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    Not so much a "random" picture as shameless self-promotion. :)
     
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  5. MikeJohns
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    Well its a lot prettier than you reading Das Kapital in the bath. :p
     
  6. michael pierzga
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    Bad bike wreck in the newspaper this morning. Not clear if it was faulty brakes or drink driving

    http://[​IMG] picture sharing
     
  7. hoytedow
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    Sad. Send flowers.
     

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  8. philSweet
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    should it be replaced, or should I just swap ends?:eek:

    Perhaps we should start a "hall of shame" thread for photos of, um, deferred maintenance that we got away with.
     

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  9. michael pierzga
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    Ya...looks normal to me.

    Marinas always argue and tell me everything is OK. I disregard their advice and always lay new winter moorings. Cost a couple hundred but saves thousands.


    http://[​IMG] upload foto
     
  10. viking north
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    Phil-- from your photo looks like you guys place the swivel at the bottom of the mooring. It's common practise here to place it up top directly under the mooring float.The idea being generally it's regarded as the weakest link of the chain (so to say) and being up top one can easily inspect it. The other theory is there is less action on the mooring chain (less twisting) as the top swivel eliminates this. Less action on the chain means a reduced wearage of the galvanize (zinc) coating thus longer life. Of course this is just all theory but it does sound logical.
    Michael, from your photo that chain is still in good shape -I'm curious as to why that oversized shackel is so rusted --possible someone ran short on galvanized shackles and switches an oversized non galv. one hoping it would compensate for the rate of corrosion.
    However the point is well taken I never trust someone elses mooring as a matter of fact I often doubt my own in times of real heavy weather.I make it a rule to ride out hurricanes on board my morred boat. This proved to be a wise decision on two ocassions as the surge tides picked up the morrings. (This is the most common reason for loss of vessels under these weather conditions.
    My morring top swivel is always oversize and stainless.
     
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  11. philSweet
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    Well spotted. I did have the swivel deeper than most, and I think that caused some problems. It may have actually touched bottom at extreme low tides. I wanted to be able to spread two 90' lengths as far apart as possible, so I put the swivel about 10-12 feet down last time. Changed it to five feet down this time. I suppose the bobbing up and down may cause more wear than the vibration from the current, so higher is better to reduce the effect of bobbing.
     
  12. michael pierzga
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    The big shackle is at the top and connects to the mooring rope tail....the wet and dry cycle erodes these shackles first. If you keep steel wet it lasts a long time.

    Galvanizing rapidly chafes off chain and shackles.

    Best to pull up the ground tackle and inspect every couple years. New Chain and D shackles are cheap
     
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    Yes the wet dry cycle does speed up corrosion . We generally have to change out our chain moorings here about every 3 yrs. However we have to clean off about a 6 in. dia. of mussell growth yearly otherwise they almost sink the mooring float. Another task we have to perform is to detach the mooring float and sink the mooring chain just in case the bay freezes over and the tidal ice flows make off with it all. This rarely happens (ice) once every 5 yrs. or so but one never can tell. When we sink the chain we attach a piece of floating poly rope as a retrival line in the spring. The slippery poly will pull thru the moving ice. Ya gotta love this labour intensive sport. ----
     
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    Would placing additional zinc anodes prolong the process?
     

  15. viking north
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    I don't think so Hoyt, the reason, while it is a corrosive action it is not truly galvanic in the sense of dissimilar metals. Possibly it might slow it down but not cost effective. The hot zinc coating on the chain certainly doesn't last long.
    P.S. Dam just lost my submarine post while trying to edit --will work on it and get it back on.
     
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