Snubber certainly helps and has many other advantages but if you are riding
out a blow, you might "sail" around a lot like we do and it can be hard to
sleep, especially in the v-berth.

I had already beefed up the lower bobstay fitting fasteners (and would still
like to move it up 6 inches) and they now are thru bolts. One goes into the
chain locker and one thru the samson post in to the v berth with a
decorative teak cap. I was able to get a huge Winchard shackle (5/8 pin, I
think) for the bottom turn buckle and run my snubber thru this and that
made it much quieter and a better angle for the rode. I vary the length of
it to move the chafe point around the snubber and it lasted over a blustery
year on the hook.

Ken
Moonshadow II
Whitefish, MT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard B. Emerson" <pavilion # pinefields.com>
To: "Baba, Panda and Tashiba List" <baba # list.sailjazz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [baba] Anchor rode


> This is where a snubber earns its keep a second time over. I put a bit of
> nylon line out through one of the bow hawse pipes, make it fast to the
> rode (we ride to all chain so a chain hook works well here), and haul the
> snubber in a bit. The boat rides slightly off bow to the wind which, I
> think, keeps us from swinging quite so much, the chain doesn't chafe on
> the bob stay, and all is well. Or so I think... [grin]
>
> Rick Emerson
> S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
>
> harry # hbarker8.wanadoo.co.uk wrote:
>
>>I own a Baba 30 I have just got her in the water for the first time and
>>never anchored a yacht with a bowsprit.
>>My consern is when you shoot the anchor thro the bowsprit platform do you
>>use any means of diverting the chain from riding against the bobstay.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>



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