Anchor rope
Submitted by Steve Richards on Wed, 2008-05-07 16:23
G'day all, just a thought i had today while giving the boat a bit of tender loving care, when was the last time you took ALL of your anchor rope out of the locker and checked it?? I did mine and was surprised at how many leaves, bits of seaweed and general dust/dirt and bugs was in there. The drain hole was fairly clogged so the whole rope locker got a tidy up and the rope checked as it went back in.Have fun.
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carassius
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Steve, was on my "To Do
Steve, was on my "To Do List", since purchasing my boat 3 - 4 mths ago, I went & replaced the entire anchor rope, & haven't looked @ it since, last weekend whilst fishing around GI, I had my deckie throw the anchor over only to notice we weren't holding bottom, pulled it up, no anchor, the D-Shackle came loose & fell off, mmmm, this time I'm twitching wire in it to hold it in place!
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Adam Gallash
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2 days ago
Strangely enough I did mine 2 days ago for the first time in ages. Went through the storage hold and removed some of the loose museli bars I'd left in there for a hungry day. :) Hadn't done it for months before this though, good to make sure everything is in order.
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Easy to forget!
Yeah Steve, stowed away, it's easy to forget!
Thanks for reminding me! ;)
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