Snubbers and Dolphin Strikers

[ryon]

Originally Posted by CaptForce

New, strange and exciting,- I'm always learning new stuff.....



I don't have a bowsprit and I assumed my club foot in my photo could be called a jib boom.

Good question. I vote for yes!

[S/V Alchemy]

Originally Posted by CaptForce

New, strange and exciting,- I'm always learning new stuff.....



I don't have a bowsprit and I assumed my club foot in my photo could be called a jib boom.

If you're not learning, I don't think you're going to be a good sailor. My problem is running new "software" on my mental laptop, which seems to have a full hard drive and insufficient RAM.

[sww914]

Originally Posted by shantycrew

Thanks all, and yes captforce, that looks just like our bowsprit. I think I got concerned when we took a turn around the harbour here in Salinas, Puerto Rico and noticed that one boat that had been left a while had a broken strainer, not sure what the boating name is for it, but it's the steel rod that holds the stay away from the hull.
We noticed that most of the larger boats had two snubbers, from the port and stb. fairleads, so we went for that.
As for anchorage guy, well sounds like that bit of the boat must be strong enough to survive the forces, but is it the same with all boats, obviously not with the one we saw in harbor here.
As to F5 solution, I don't think I've got much room for any kind of shackled block, but like that as a solution although as sail monkey says, what about the side forces on that chain plate, now that could be a concern, a big concern as ours is a heavy boat and dances about alot in the afternoon trades that can gust up to over 30 knots.

The broken stay that you saw may very well have been a docking casualty.

[shantycrew]

Now there you go, I didn't even know I had a martingale, now I'll be able to hold my own at those cruisers get togethers won't I.