I have a line midship going around a square concrete piling to keep the boat off the dock so my gangway fits. Dock is floating, found out today that the 3/4" line is getting snagged on the square pillar and bearing all of the weight of an 80K pound boat as the tide lowers. Is there some type of protector that will roll up and down on the piling as the tide changes?
Thanks,
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03-24-2024 08:11 PM #1Senior Member
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Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
Nathan McAfee
Ocean Sloth
1990 Hatteras 54' EDMY
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03-24-2024 08:27 PM #2Registered Member
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Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
Can you fit hose around it?
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03-24-2024 08:37 PM #3
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Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
Rolling balls first come to mind, Chain next.
Finally another, more accommodating slip.
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03-24-2024 08:45 PM #5
Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
Concrete will rip through about anything... except chain.
JD
1976 58' LRC Hull #311
"Miss Maggie"
Riviera Dunes, FL
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Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
Sky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI
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03-25-2024 07:57 AM #7
Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
That's for the dock. Has to held pretty flat
Scott
41C117 "Hattatude"
Port Canaveral
I have no idea what the last poster is saying. I don't think he does either.
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03-25-2024 10:52 AM #8Senior Member
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Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
The chain scares me. Yesterday, we could feel the boat drop and a loud pop when the line failed (it was bound to the piling and had the weight of the boat on it. I am afraid that if chain bound, I would find an 80,000 point boat dangling by chain until the cleats ripped out. I bought some 1" pex-a semi flexible pipe, cut some 6" sections, then lined a few feet of the line to see if I could get a roller effect. Ties knots to keep the rollers in-place on the line. Will let you know if this works.
Nathan McAfee
Ocean Sloth
1990 Hatteras 54' EDMY
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Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
Sky Cheney
1985 53EDMY, Hull #CN759, "Rebecca"
ELYC on White Lake--Montague, MI
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03-25-2024 11:25 AM #10
Re: Rope shredding around concrete pillar, help me obi wan
JD
1976 58' LRC Hull #311
"Miss Maggie"
Riviera Dunes, FL