Simi 60
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- Jul 1, 2016
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- Location
- Australia
- Vessel Make
- Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Have had relatively strong southerlies here for a few weeks and noise was made of a cat 1 cyclone coming close with an increase in southerlies, but not expecting more than 40 to 50 knots we stayed where we were and spooled out more chain.
Several days later to today and we up anchor for a change of scenery and the anchor shackle won't go through the roller, had several goes and kept jamming so wander down the front for a look and the pin on the shackle is almost out.
Quickly ran spectra through anchor and chain to take load off and did it up.
When i reversed the chain and put it together about 6 mths ago i used loctite, gave it a ball busting amount of crank, took to the thread end with a centrepunch to try and peen the threads shut and put tiewire through the eye and hadn't looked at it since.
Silly me.
The pin and 150lb anchor was less than 3 threads from gone.
Several days later to today and we up anchor for a change of scenery and the anchor shackle won't go through the roller, had several goes and kept jamming so wander down the front for a look and the pin on the shackle is almost out.
Quickly ran spectra through anchor and chain to take load off and did it up.
When i reversed the chain and put it together about 6 mths ago i used loctite, gave it a ball busting amount of crank, took to the thread end with a centrepunch to try and peen the threads shut and put tiewire through the eye and hadn't looked at it since.
Silly me.
The pin and 150lb anchor was less than 3 threads from gone.