DaveInRI's latest activity
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This is not going to be very specifically helpful, for two reasons: 1) I wouldn't presume the stock boot on my boat is the same as... -
DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.By the way, I spent a few HOURS last night looking into chains, trying to find a "trusted' (repeating myself: trust is earned, not...
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Overall this thread has been a bit to deep in the weeds for me, but I have learned some new things about the latest anchors available &...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.I know, I know :) When my wife and I were getting married, we wrote our own vows that included a few "I promise to... I promise to..."...
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DaveInRI posted the thread Half Price Rope at Defender: New England Ropes 8-Plait, $0.74 a foot for 1/2" in Anchoring.I just bought a bunch, figured I'd share here if anyone is looking. This is half price, a little less ($1.59 at West Marine, $1.44 at...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.PS- picked up a copy of (the now 69th edition; 70th due out October '26) Chapman's Piloting & Seamanship at your encouragement to...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.Very neat you lived all this stuff. I was reading about that earlier in one of my books-- how in big storms and waves the weak links can...
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If you are going to relate your anchoring to the extremely rare condition where the wind goes from 10 k to 70 k, there is no anchor or...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.Thanks. I suppose it's worth adding that I'm not doing it in doubt or in fear, but in trying to learn for myself about anchoring, where...
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You could order a Lewmar windlass with a different gypsy to accommodate a 5/8- 8 plait/3/8 chain rode if you would like to be more...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.Well, Spade USA called me back and it does not appear it will work out for me. They import from Europe and the tariffs are crushing him...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.Completing the exercise (can you tell I'm a former high school teacher?), initially the anchoring charts said (pasting from above but...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.I also just bought a Fortress FX-11 for backup anchor, $244 after tax at West Marine ($229, same as Defender). I opted for this over...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread SV Panope Anchor Testing.Waiting to place Spade order today (phone only; closed over weekend), but in the meantime I just bought a Mantus 2.5lb stainless steel...
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DaveInRI replied to the thread Saltwater Slip.I’m not saying it isnt corrosion, but what makes you think it is? Could be battery, trim piston fluid, barnacles, prop/skeg weeds/junk, etc?
