We were expecting some weather so we went out away from land a bit and re-anchored. We cleaned and untwisted the chain as itame up.
Cleaning out barnacles with a round file, also some sea grass. The chain is getting cleaner and this is getting easier each time we re-anchor, about every seven days now.
Bringing in the chain while holding it straight.
We remove the wheel from the bracket in the anchor locker to make cleaning and untwisting the chain easier.
Twisting chain to get it str
Washing off after wire brushing.
Wire brushing. We wire brushed about every foot of chain.
All the 180' of chain is out. It is down to the 125' of rope.
We let out all the chain but enough to use the chain stopper as a weather system was coming.
Looking good.
The last time we raised the chain which we just did after the weather passed we did not remove the wheel in the anchor locker and the chain looked good. Not much file cleaning and wire brushing was easy. Still removing some of the old growth and we are getting a system down.
After a week of swells and afternoon blount's the weather passed.
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