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Posted by tgcmd (Finesse@…>)

Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths of
anchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlass
smoothly?
Thanks.
Thomas
F-33 L’Audace

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Posted by Michel Capel (mike_c_f35ck@…>)

The only secure way to do this is a welded shackle of the same size
and the same or higher strength. Easier perhaps is to buy a new piece
of chain long enough.

reg,
Michel

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “tgcmd” <Finesse@s…> wrote:

Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths of
anchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlass
smoothly?
Thanks.
Thomas
F-33 L’Audace

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Posted by Alan Kusinitz (akusinitz@…>)

My windlass has a rope chain gypsy and the splice passes smoothly although I rarely use the extra length that is rope. I suppose I could splice to connect 2 pieces of chain but would always feel it was a weak link in terms of abrasion…
Alan

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From: tgcmd
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Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace

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Posted by margaret ibbotson (gratton1932@…>)
Alan Kusinitz <akusinitz@…> wrote:

we have chain to rope - but our splice does not pass smoothly - (concept windlass - Freedom 30) - would like to change to 120 ft of chain which would handle most of our anchoring. Anyone F.30 owners with experience of that much chain in the bow?
Margaret ----- Original Message -----

From: tgcmd
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Posted by macks011 (macks04@…>)

-I carry 100’ of chain plus a 33kg Bruce in my 36. When I unload it,
the bow rises over 2". I thought about a chain pipe to move the
chain further aft, but its not doable. Definately a heavy load in
the bow. We have the chain which came with the boat along with a
windless. Considering my sailing grounds, I don’t know if I would
have opted to install a windless, thus entailing the chain weight.
On the other hand, the Freedom doesn’t have an anchor locker and it
kind of awkward to push 100’ of line down a hawsepipe.



– In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, margaret ibbotson
<gratton1932@y…> wrote:

Alan Kusinitz <akusinitz@y…> wrote:we have chain to rope - but
our splice does not pass smoothly - (concept windlass - Freedom 30) -
would like to change to 120 ft of chain which would handle most
of our anchoring. Anyone F.30 owners with experience of that much
chain in the bow?
Margaret ----- Original Message -----
From: tgcmd
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths of
anchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlass
smoothly?
Thanks.
Thomas
F-33 L’Audace

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Posted by Jerome Weinraub (zayde@…>)

I have a Concept also,and I have 5/16 HT chain spliced to 9/16 nylon. I have respliced twice ,cutting back for wear. I have had no problem ,following the instructions given on the papers that came with the windlass. 120 feet of chain would weigh 120 lbs,more than I want that far forward

----- Original Message -----
From: margaret ibbotson
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

Alan Kusinitz <akusinitz@…> wrote:
we have chain to rope - but our splice does not pass smoothly - (concept windlass - Freedom 30) - would like to change to 120 ft of chain which would handle most of our anchoring. Anyone F.30 owners with experience of that much chain in the bow?
Margaret ----- Original Message -----

From: tgcmd
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace
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Posted by margaret ibbotson (gratton1932@…>)

perhaps ours is a poor splice - West Marine did the splicing when we bought the the anchor/rode system. We have 30 ft HT at the moment - is yours a Freedom 30? How much chain do you have?
Thanks, Margaret Jerome Weinraub <zayde@…> wrote:

I have a Concept also,and I have 5/16 HT chain spliced to 9/16 nylon. I have respliced twice ,cutting back for wear. I have had no problem ,following the instructions given on the papers that came with the windlass. 120 feet of chain would weigh 120 lbs,more than I want that far forward

----- Original Message -----
From: margaret ibbotson
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

Alan Kusinitz <akusinitz@…> wrote:
we have chain to rope - but our splice does not pass smoothly - (concept windlass - Freedom 30) - would like to change to 120 ft of chain which would handle most of our anchoring. Anyone F.30 owners with experience of that much chain in the bow?
Margaret ----- Original Message -----

From: tgcmd
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace
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Posted by Paul McFadden (pwhitmac@…>)
Go over to the new West Marine store on Rosecrans and buy a “connecting link” part #135723 (if you have 5/16" chain). Be sure to peen it down as flush as you can get it.
PWMtgcmd <Finesse@…> wrote:
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Posted by Jerome Weinraub (zayde@…>)

I have an F33,40 ft chain. Resplice using the instructions with the unit . If you need,I’ll fax or email the instructions

----- Original Message -----
From: margaret ibbotson
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain


perhaps ours is a poor splice - West Marine did the splicing when we bought the the anchor/rode system. We have 30 ft HT at the moment - is yours a Freedom 30? How much chain do you have?
Thanks, Margaret Jerome Weinraub <zayde@…> wrote:

I have a Concept also,and I have 5/16 HT chain spliced to 9/16 nylon. I have respliced twice ,cutting back for wear. I have had no problem ,following the instructions given on the papers that came with the windlass. 120 feet of chain would weigh 120 lbs,more than I want that far forward

----- Original Message -----
From: margaret ibbotson
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

Alan Kusinitz <akusinitz@…> wrote:
we have chain to rope - but our splice does not pass smoothly - (concept windlass - Freedom 30) - would like to change to 120 ft of chain which would handle most of our anchoring. Anyone F.30 owners with experience of that much chain in the bow?
Margaret ----- Original Message -----

From: tgcmd
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace
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Posted by margaret ibbotson (gratton1932@…>)
Thanks Jerome, please email the instructions to gratton1932@… and we will try that first.
MargaretJerome Weinraub <zayde@…> wrote:

I have an F33,40 ft chain. Resplice using the instructions with the unit . If you need,I’ll fax or email the instructions

----- Original Message -----
From: margaret ibbotson
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain


perhaps ours is a poor splice - West Marine did the splicing when we bought the the anchor/rode system. We have 30 ft HT at the moment - is yours a Freedom 30? How much chain do you have?
Thanks, Margaret Jerome Weinraub <zayde@…> wrote:

I have a Concept also,and I have 5/16 HT chain spliced to 9/16 nylon. I have respliced twice ,cutting back for wear. I have had no problem ,following the instructions given on the papers that came with the windlass. 120 feet of chain would weigh 120 lbs,more than I want that far forward

----- Original Message -----
From: margaret ibbotson
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

Alan Kusinitz <akusinitz@…> wrote:
we have chain to rope - but our splice does not pass smoothly - (concept windlass - Freedom 30) - would like to change to 120 ft of chain which would handle most of our anchoring. Anyone F.30 owners with experience of that much chain in the bow?
Margaret ----- Original Message -----

From: tgcmd
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace
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Posted by Thomas Carlton (Finesse@…>)
Thanks to all who responded.
Thomas
— Paul McFadden wrote: From: Paul McFadden Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:56:53 -0700 (PDT)To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain Go over to the new West Marine store on Rosecrans and buy a “connecting link” part #135723 (if you have 5/16" chain). Be sure to peen it down as flush as you can get it. PWMtgcmd wrote: Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Posted by crwindy@…> (crwindy@…>)

I have had the same concerns, and I am considering an anchor Kellet as I don’t
want to add the weight. See the responses I got on the csbb. I put in a question
about kellet yesterday and you can see it on the csbb.

From: Thomas Carlton <Finesse@…>
Date: 2005/09/18 Sun PM 01:02:46 EDT
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain



Thanks to all who responded.
Thomas
— Paul McFadden wrote: From: Paul McFadden Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:56:53 -0700 (PDT)To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain Go over to the new West Marine store on Rosecrans and buy a “connecting link” part #135723 (if you have 5/16" chain). Be sure to peen it down as flush as you can get it. PWMtgcmd wrote: Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Posted by margaret ibbotson (gratton1932@…>)
sorry to appear dumb - but what is scbb? I can figure out the bulletin board, but not the cs?
Margaretcrwindy@… wrote:
I have had the same concerns, and I am considering an anchor Kellet as I don’t want to add the weight. See the responses I got on the csbb. I put in a question about kellet yesterday and you can see it on the csbb.> > From: Thomas Carlton <Finesse@…>> Date: 2005/09/18 Sun PM 01:02:46 EDT> To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain> > Thanks to all who responded. Thomas — Paul McFadden wrote:From: Paul McFadden Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:56:53 -0700 (PDT)To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain
Go over to the new West Marine store on Rosecrans and buy a “connecting link” part #135723 (if you have 5/16" chain). Be sure to peen it down as flush as you can get it.
PWMtgcmd wrote:
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths ofanchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlasssmoothly?Thanks.ThomasF-33 L’Audace
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Posted by macks011 (macks04@…>)

Cruising Sailors Bulletin Board. Where everyone went when CWBB
changed format and died. http://www.cs-
bb.com/forums/CSBB/index.cgi.



— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, margaret ibbotson
<gratton1932@y…> wrote:

sorry to appear dumb - but what is scbb? I can figure out the
bulletin board, but not the cs?
Margaret

crwindy@c… wrote:
I have had the same concerns, and I am considering an anchor
Kellet as I don’t want to add the weight. See the responses I got on
the csbb. I put in a question about kellet yesterday and you can see
it on the csbb.

From: Thomas Carlton <Finesse@s…>
Date: 2005/09/18 Sun PM 01:02:46 EDT
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

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— Paul McFadden
wrote:

From: Paul McFadden

Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:56:53 -0700 (PDT)
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

Go over to the new West Marine store on Rosecrans and buy
a “connecting link” part #135723 (if you have 5/16" chain). Be sure
to peen it down as flush as you can get it.
PWM

tgcmd wrote:
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths of
anchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlass
smoothly?
Thanks.
Thomas
F-33 L’Audace

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Posted by crwindy@…> (crwindy@…>)

cruising sailors

From: margaret ibbotson <gratton1932@…>
Date: 2005/09/20 Tue PM 01:08:24 EDT
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

sorry to appear dumb - but what is scbb? I can figure out the bulletin board,
but not the cs?
Margaret

crwindy@… wrote:
I have had the same concerns, and I am considering an anchor Kellet as I don’t
want to add the weight. See the responses I got on the csbb. I put in a question
about kellet yesterday and you can see it on the csbb.

From: Thomas Carlton <Finesse@…>
Date: 2005/09/18 Sun PM 01:02:46 EDT
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

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— Paul McFadden
wrote:

From: Paul McFadden

Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:56:53 -0700 (PDT)
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain

Go over to the new West Marine store on Rosecrans and buy a “connecting link”
part #135723 (if you have 5/16" chain). Be sure to peen it down as flush as you
can get it.
PWM

tgcmd wrote:
Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths of
anchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlass
smoothly?
Thanks.
Thomas
F-33 L’Audace

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Posted by margaret ibbotson (gratton1932@…>)
thanks for the info. Margaretmacks011 <macks04@…> wrote:
Cruising Sailors Bulletin Board. Where everyone went when CWBB changed format and died. http://www.cs-bb.com/forums/CSBB/index.cgi. — In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, margaret ibbotson <gratton1932@y…> wrote:> sorry to appear dumb - but what is scbb? I can figure out the bulletin board, but not the cs?> Margaret> > crwindy@c… wrote:> I have had the same concerns, and I am considering an anchor Kellet as I don’t want to add the weight. See the responses I got on the csbb. I put in a question about kellet yesterday and you can see it on the csbb.> > > > From: Thomas Carlton <Finesse@s…>> > Date: 2005/09/18 Sun PM 01:02:46 EDT> > To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com> >
Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain> > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Sailing schools Sailing instruction Sailing lesson Sailing course Sailing adventure Sailing > > ---------------------------------> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group “freedomyachts2003” on the web.> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> freedomyachts2003-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > ---------------------------------> > > Thanks to all who responded. Thomas > > — Paul McFadden > wrote:> > From: Paul McFadden > > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:56:53 -0700 (PDT)> To:
freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [freedomyachts2003] Connecting anchor chain> > Go over to the new West Marine store on Rosecrans and buy a “connecting link” part #135723 (if you have 5/16" chain). Be sure to peen it down as flush as you can get it.> PWM> > tgcmd wrote:> Can anybody tell me a safe and secure way to connect two lengths of> anchor chain so that the chain will pass the gypsy of the windlass> smoothly?> Thanks.> Thomas> F-33 L’Audace> > > > > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com