How Does This Snubber Work?

[Madwand]

LMGTFY
No videos on the net explaining how this attaches. Does the line need to be free, or does it work like the Unimer version that has a removable insert? Anyone actually own one?

[mrm]

Originally Posted by Madwand

LMGTFY
No videos on the net explaining how this attaches. Does the line need to be free, or does it work like the Unimer version that has a removable insert? Anyone actually own one?

They are quite popular around here. You pass a line through an eye on one end, than continue towards the other end wrapping the line around the snubber a couple of turns (3-4 seems typical). It works partially by stretch but more by compression of the snubber.

[Madwand]

Yeah, HOW do you pass the line? Can you do it on a tied off line, or do you need to have a bitter end to pass through.

[mrm]

Originally Posted by Madwand

Yeah, HOW do you pass the line? Can you do it on a tied off line, or do you need to have a bitter end to pass through.

One end of line must be free, otherwise you won't be able to thread it through eyes on ends of the snubber.

[Madwand]

That would explain the price difference.

[Souzag818]

Had a couple on my dock lines to absorb rolling. The line kinda snakes thru the ends in an "s" fashion, then wrap 3 or 4 times around the center, then back thru the end in an "s" again. The theory being as the rubber stretches, the 3 or 4 loops expand with the elongation. Kinda like if you just had a loop hanging down between the ends. If the wraps weren't there, it wouldn't stretch.

[Madwand]

Guess I should have phrased it differently, I know what they do, don't know how this BRAND connects to rode.

[Empty Pockets]

like this?

[Madwand]

That doesn't answer my question, that's just the picture from an ad.

Pretend one end of that line is shackled to an anchor and the other end is tied off in the anchor locker...can the thing be added without removing anything?

[Souzag818]

Originally Posted by Madwand

That doesn't answer my question, that's just the picture from an ad.

Pretend one end of that line is shackled to an anchor and the other end is tied off in the anchor locker...can the thing be added without removing anything?

No...

[Madwand]

This one can.
http://www.force4.co.uk/force-4-u-cl...l#.WMA9bCNMHqA

http://www.force4.co.uk/media/catalo...8/4/840830.jpg

[Souzag818]

Then that's the one you should buy.

[svHyLyte]

Originally Posted by Madwand

That doesn't answer my question, that's just the picture from an ad.

Pretend one end of that line is shackled to an anchor and the other end is tied off in the anchor locker...can the thing be added without removing anything?

Yes. Take a piece of line, perhaps 25-30 feet of, for your boat, 3/8" or 7/16" Sta-Set. Pass one end of the line through one end of the snubber, over and under the center tab between the two end holes, spiral wrap it around the center shaft of the snubber 3-4 time and then pass it through the end holes on the opposite end, again over and under the center tab, leaving 2-3 feet of free line beyond the end of the snubber itself. To use, tie the shorter free end of the snubber line to the anchor rode with a rolling hitch. Leaving a loop in the rode between the point of connection of the snubber and the yacht, pass the longer end of the snubber line through a fairlead whit some chafing protection and secure to a deck cleat or Sampson post. The length or rode forming the "loop" should not exceed the length of the line through and spiral wrapped around the snubber.

Of course, you could dispense with the rubber snubber entirely and simply use 25-30 feet of nylon dock line alone, relying on its elasticity to "snub" the anchor rode, but the snubber does have some advantages in terms of shock absorption and energy dissipation.

FWIW...

[Madwand]

Originally Posted by Madwand

This one can.
http://www.force4.co.uk/force-4-u-cl...l#.WMA9bCNMHqA

http://www.force4.co.uk/media/catalo...8/4/840830.jpg

The person at the UK store tells me this is not recommended on an anchor rode. Anyone know why it wouldn't be? How is that application any different than a dockline?

[IslandHopper]

Well I have a couple of these Sea-Dog : Quality Marine, Industrial and Rigging Hardware in my dock lines and they work well taking the snatch out when we get a bit of swell passing through or wash from other vessels.

Definitely not designed to be incorporated in the anchor rode, you would have to thread the rode through it (disconnecting the rode at the locker or anchor first) before tossing out the anchor, then reverse the procedure to remove it before hauling the anchor in, which you would find very difficult to do in a hurry, even these http://www.force4.co.uk/media/catalo...8/4/840830.jpg would be nearly impossible to remove from a rode that's been under tension, you would need to have slack rode either side of it to work it loose, again, in a hurry (read emergency) your just not going to do it.....

You could utilise one in a separate snubber line as svHyLyte suggests, or just make a traditional snubber, OR if buying's more your thing, get something like this https://www.westmarine.com/buy/simpl...08?recordNum=6