Savwinch anchor rope
Submitted by Grey Ghost on Sun, 2016-04-17 09:59
I just bought and installed a 1500W Savwinch anchor windlass. Appears to have come with 100m of 6mm braided (not sure if single or double) rope + 6m of 6mm short linked chain. Was recommended by Savwinch and they knew it was for a 6.7m BarCrusher (so probably 2.2T fully loaded)
Also the chain on the anchor/chain kits seems very light compared with my previous gear (12mm poly + 8mm chain). Are they supplying absolute bare minium (to make it easier on the windlass) or am I used to something significantly excessive to the boat's requirements?
I was thinking 8mm double-braided + 8mm chain?
NB I'm using a Sarca anchor
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"Grey Ghost", 670HT Barcrusher with 150 Yamaha, based at Cockburn PBC.
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Bar Crusher website has BMT
Bar Crusher website has BMT (boat motor trailer) at 1700kg so minus trailer ~1400KG + extra weight of fuel, 4 x people & gear etc... ~2100kg . The rule of thumb for pull (as opposed to lift) on rope is 7/1 so expect load on rope to be around 300kg 400kg (peak in heavier surge) Breaking strain of 6mm braid is ~700Kg so should be ok albeit with a shorter life span (i.e. replace sooner). Personally would have built a bit more fat into the system & gone 8mm.
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Knot?
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recently put in a lonestar
recently put in a lonestar winch and i tied on with a bowline (which is what i was recommended). Don't plan on using all the line on there so the knot will probably never do anything anyway as the wraps of the line will be taking the load.