For Sale: 125 ft piece of 316 Stainless Steal chain

[davecalvert]

We just bought a new windlass that will not work with the 3/8" stainless steal anchor chain I have. I would like to sell this 125 ft piece for $1,000.00. Most sites list this for around $25.00 a ft. We will not be back in Florida until early September so, could not sell until than.

[a64pilot]

Wow, you sure you cannot change the chainwheel, or even have one made?

[lateral]

Stainless steal.
F/slip?

[model 10]

Originally Posted by lateral

Stainless steal.
F/slip?

Do people really pay $25 per foot for chain? Only $10 per foot does sound like a steal.

[a64pilot]

I think he is asking $8 bucks a ft.
But have you seen some of the polished SS anchors on the bigger power Yachts? I've been told they cost tens of thousands of dollars, each.

[Moontide]

Need to ck specs. As I recall stainless chain is weaker than galvanized of comparable size.

[washosie]

Dave,
who was the manufacture?
how old is it?
any rust?

thank you

Wayne

[davecalvert]

I don't know the manufacturer, I bought this used. I was having problems with our old windlass wearing off the galvanizing on the high test 3/8" galvanized chain. I had to replace the galvanized chain every two years. This is why I searched out and bought the stainless chain. It looks very good, no rust. Obviously good quality stainless.
I just bought a new 1500 watt Tigress windlass that works great on the 3/8 galvanized chain I have but not at all on the stainless. This S/S chain is similar to the BBB chain with slightly smaller links.

[reed1v]

Originally Posted by lateral

Stainless steal.
F/slip?

Now why would someone want a stainless steel chain? Way to brittle and prone to breaking under bending stresses. Sounds all wrong. Normally one uses triple BBB chain.

[davecalvert]

Originally Posted by reed1v

Now why would someone want a stainless steel chain? Way to brittle and prone to breaking under bending stresses. Sounds all wrong. Normally one uses triple BBB chain.

Not quite true many, who can afford it, use stainless steel chain without problems. Our galvanized chain would rust, when the galvanizing was wearing off, than the links would be reduced in size causing them to slip on our windlass gypsy. The stainless has been great with no corrosion.

See link to stainless and galvanized chain from the Rocna anchor site.;
Chain (Rocna Knowledge Base)

[model 10]

Stainless would be great. I doubt our G chain is much stronger than stainless when it corrodes. The mess it makes on deck is the worst. We had an entire cruising season with the chain shedding rust flakes on the deck and it sucked.

[reed1v]

Originally Posted by Guy

Stainless would be great. I doubt our G chain is much stronger than stainless when it corrodes. The mess it makes on deck is the worst. We had an entire cruising season with the chain shedding rust flakes on the deck and it sucked.

Gee, that is weird. We had 30 years on our bbb chains and never had a problem getting them regalvanized(hot dipped) anywhere in the world. We used connectors every 25 feet to make moving the chain manageable. Hot dipped should last three plus years of constant use, did for us.

BTW, cold dip, or spray on galvanizing will flake off and has little holding powers. Even if you do not galvanize the chain, its rust rate is slow enough to get you by for a year or so. Never heard of "rust flakes" since bbb chain fairly cleans itself of any loose rust, unlike regular chain.

[model 10]

[QUOTE=reed1v;2171819]Gee, that is weird. We had 30 years on our bbb chains and never had a problem getting them regalvanized(hot dipped) anywhere in the world. We used connectors every 25 feet to make moving the chain manageable. Hot dipped should last three plus years of constant use, did for us.

Well you didn't have ACCO 5/16 G4. It may have been a bad batch but it was junk in 4 years. Switched it end for end every year. I didn't see any places to get it dipped again until it was too late. The rust flakes/chunks looked like the grain of the steel, large pieces.
You have connections every 25' in your anchor chain? Never heard of such a thing. How many?

[reed1v]

[QUOTE=Guy;2171873]

Originally Posted by reed1v

Gee, that is weird. We had 30 years on our bbb chains and never had a problem getting them regalvanized(hot dipped) anywhere in the world. We used connectors every 25 feet to make moving the chain manageable. Hot dipped should last three plus years of constant use, did for us.

Well you didn't have ACCO 5/16 G4. It may have been a bad batch but it was junk in 4 years. Switched it end for end every year. I didn't see any places to get it dipped again until it was too late. The rust flakes/chunks looked like the grain of the steel, large pieces.
You have connections every 25' in your anchor chain? Never heard of such a thing. How many?

Your not a long distance cruiser so you probably have not heard a lot of things about sailing. About 400 feet of chain. Good for 60 feet in most any condition. If you had grains of steel falling off, you probably had really bad chain to begin with plus some galvanic corrosion taking place. Need to get salt and mud off chain before storage.
BTW, if you want to see how tough hot dip is, go look at any old CQR anchors. Most have never been redipped and most are probably 40-60 years old.

[a64pilot]

Stainless is also very slippery, it will not stack up in your locker in a pyramid like galvanized will, it's so slippery it lays flat.
Just darned expensive