At the end of last summer I decided to upgrade my old pieced together anchor chain. I took the gypsy into the supplier and we both saw the 3B stamp. I ordered 250 feet of 5/16 3B. The good stuff, made in the USA. Paid around $1000.00.
First and only time we deployed it, it jumped out of the gypsy and took off like a rocket. Scared the crap out of my wife as she's the one that drops the hook. Scared me too as her first thought was to grab the chain as it flew out of the locker. Thank God she didn't do that as most of you know on this site, she already had a pretty bad accident last summer.
Once we got back to the dock, I took some calipers and compared the old chain that I kept for the spare anchor, with the new. Turns out the old chain is Hi Test. I contacted Muir and they said that the wheel is probably marked wrong and that they had issues with Bayliner of this vintage as they had there own chain supplier and the 3B wheel worked for the chain they were buying in bulk.
Long story short, I have almost brand new 250 feet of 3B chain looking for a new home. Anyone out there interested. My supplier does not want it back. I think it would need to be local, around the Vancouver, Canada area as the shipping cost would be nuts for any distance. If you are, make me an offer
My mistake could be someones good fortune!!
PS - My wife just started walking without a cane. She's a bit wobbly but getting better each day. The first time going up that darn 38 ladder is going to freak me out, but she said she's game. I just hope I am!!
First and only time we deployed it, it jumped out of the gypsy and took off like a rocket. Scared the crap out of my wife as she's the one that drops the hook. Scared me too as her first thought was to grab the chain as it flew out of the locker. Thank God she didn't do that as most of you know on this site, she already had a pretty bad accident last summer.
Once we got back to the dock, I took some calipers and compared the old chain that I kept for the spare anchor, with the new. Turns out the old chain is Hi Test. I contacted Muir and they said that the wheel is probably marked wrong and that they had issues with Bayliner of this vintage as they had there own chain supplier and the 3B wheel worked for the chain they were buying in bulk.
Long story short, I have almost brand new 250 feet of 3B chain looking for a new home. Anyone out there interested. My supplier does not want it back. I think it would need to be local, around the Vancouver, Canada area as the shipping cost would be nuts for any distance. If you are, make me an offer
My mistake could be someones good fortune!!
PS - My wife just started walking without a cane. She's a bit wobbly but getting better each day. The first time going up that darn 38 ladder is going to freak me out, but she said she's game. I just hope I am!!
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