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From: Courtney Thomas (no email)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2006 - 18:17:23 EDT
Does that mean there's no way to weld up the hole and redrill, or
something along that line ?
Thank you,
Courtney
jrjrjrouse2000 wrote:
> Sal,
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> Check the hole the pin goes through. If it is wallowed out or
> irregularly shaped, then you need to replace the anchor. I believe
> that the CQR anchors that the Moorings used were basically knock-off
> CQRs. Wearing at that pin hole is fairly typical of those anchors
> after a few years. The anchor will not hold properly if that hole
> is not properly shaped and properly sized for the pin. If it is
> wallowed out, replace the anchor. When our boat phased out last
> year, the anchor had to be replaced for that very reason.
>
> Judy
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> --- In , "Sal" <nirvana_m494 at dot dot dot >
> wrote:
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>> I have a 45# CQR on our SO49 and began having trouble setting the
>> anchor. We were in the BVI and never had this happen before. We
>> dragged twice, the first time it reset itself; but had dragged
> about 100
>> yards. The second time we were hit by a sqaull at night and I was
>> awakened by the wind and rain. When I went above to check out our
>> situation we were moving, of course towards a shallow area; this
> was in
>> Virgin Gorda Sound.
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>> When we got back to the marina I had been speaking to a few
> captains and
>> one told me to check the pin that the anchor rotates on, it could
> be
>> worn. He said what happened was that the anchor sits to one side
> and
>> because the pin is not circular any longer it tends to set on one
> blade.
>> I know he was right because I checked the anchor the first time we
>> dragged and I had to dive and set it because it was leaning to one
> side
>> and it could not be set by reversing the engine.
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>> I checked the pin and found that it wasn't cirular any longer, it
> had
>> been worn out into an oval shape. It was replaced with a new Delta
>> anchor.
>>
>> Sal
>>
>> s/y NIRVANA
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