{"id":14041,"date":"2011-01-31T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T05:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=14041"},"modified":"2011-01-16T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2011-01-16T15:15:20","slug":"anchor-snubber-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/anchor-snubber-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Anchor Snubber Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Anchor-snubber-linesn-104.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Anchor-snubber-linesn-104.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Anchor-snubber-linesn-104.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anchor snubber lines, shock absorbers in reality, offer a number of benefits and several potential problems. Let&#8217;s address the rigging first.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Fanning_6-039.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Fanning_6-039.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Fanning_6-039.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ideal snubber will be made from a stretchy material (we favor three strand nylon), and long enough to provide plenty of give as the loads come on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Fanning_6-043.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Fanning_6-043.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Fanning_6-043.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because the snubber line is constantly moving in and out, it is prone to chafe, so a fair lead is essential.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Anchor-snubber-linesn-103.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Anchor-snubber-linesn-103.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Anchor-snubber-linesn-103.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of the snubbers we see are on the heavy side, limiting their stretch. For the average 35 to 45 footer we&#8217;d use 3\/8&#8243;\/10mm three strand nylon, assuming a non chafing lead.<\/p>\n<p>On <em>Wind Horse<\/em> we have a 7\/16&#8243;\/11mm primary snubber that is 15 feet\/4.5m long, and a secondary which is 3\/4&#8243;\/19mm and 50 feet\/15mm long (for heavy weather).<\/p>\n<p>Here is a recap of the advantages of snubbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They reduce shock load on the anchor and deck fittings.<\/li>\n<li>Windlass is unloaded.<\/li>\n<li>Noise of the chain grinding on the bottom is reduced or eliminated.<\/li>\n<li>Increased comfort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are, however, several negatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The noise they eliminate is an alarm the chain and possibly the anchor is moving.<\/li>\n<li>The rubber band effect increases the tendency to sail back and forth at anchor.<\/li>\n<li>Once rigged you cannot ease or retrieve the anchor without removal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we are in a secure anchorage, with a noisy bottom (lots of rocks), we will use a snubber. But in a location like Playa Francesa we prefer to do without.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anchor snubber lines, shock absorbers in reality, offer a number of benefits and several potential problems. Let&#8217;s address the rigging <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/anchor-snubber-lines\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dashew-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}