Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Dreadnought Holiday (dreadships@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 21:46:58 JST Dreadnought Holiday

   Model of Thomas Meriton's spring-shanked anchor, a concept that - unpromisingly for an anchor - sank without trace.

   Modern yachts use a snubber to damp the forces from an anchor. They do not use a half-baked maritime pogo stick.

   #FailureFriday

   • Embed this notice
     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 21:46:57 JST goatsarah

     in reply to

     @DreadShips As a sailor, I see the two different types of metal in a moving part that's designed to sit in salt water for extended periods and want to scream.

     I periodically have to hacksaw off the shackle that holds the anchor to the chain every couple of years because of galvanic corrosion and electrolysis. I'd rather not have to chuck the complete anchor.

   • Embed this notice
     InkySchwartz (inkyschwartz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 22:04:55 JST InkySchwartz

     in reply to

     @DreadShips So...a solution in search of a problem?

   • Embed this notice
     Dreadnought Holiday (dreadships@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jul-2023 00:54:40 JST Dreadnought Holiday

     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah I really ought to give sailing a go - other than one or twice on friend's yachts as a teenager (and only then as ballast, frankly) it's not something I've actually done.

   • Embed this notice
     Dreadnought Holiday (dreadships@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:47:57 JST Dreadnought Holiday

     in reply to

     • Chupacabra 78704

     @Homoevolutis0 In which sense why? The spring, or why is it bad?

   • Embed this notice
     Chupacabra 78704 (homoevolutis0@austintexas.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Aug-2023 04:47:58 JST Chupacabra 78704

     in reply to

     @DreadShips Why?