… and chain away too. Apologies, this is not the most exciting photo ever taken, but one that might be of interest to other FastCatters. (Click on it for larger size and better detail). Gideon and Steven have come up a much improved anchor locker. In fact the whole anchor system has been revamped and is looking good. See how easy the access is here – and how much room? Windlass maintenance should be far less difficult than in previous 435 models. Heck, it’s so spacious you could throw a party in there – well, almost. We’ve ordered 100mtres of 8mm Duplex stainless steel (from Wasi, Germany)- and we think that’s what you can see there – all 100 metres of it. We say, think, because it really doesn’t look very much, but there again, that locker is seriously roomy and the chain is seriously slim. (In the midst of so much going on, surprisingly, getting out the tapemeasure hasn’t figured highly). What’s missing here is the Wasi Powerball swivel connector that’s yet to arrive. Now who’d have thought there would come the day when we’d burble excitedly about anchor chain, of all things? But it really is a little amazing that we can, and shall, hang a fully laden Butterfly off such a fine link. And one that can’t corrode. Ever. I mean, what’s not to like?!
(Wikipedia Factoid :”Weigh” as a verb means to “bear” or “move”, thus giving it several shades of meaning and derivation, including “weight” or heaviness. This lends itself to obvious plays on words, as with Flip Wilson’s old routine about Christopher Columbus. “Columbus cried, ‘Weigh anchor’. A few minutes later, a crewman reported, ‘Two thousand, one hundred thirty six pounds’.”) Boom-boom.
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