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Wichard Forged Stainless Steel Chain Hooks are ergonomically designed to attach over the appropriate size chain link and maintain a hold even when the chain is slack, without the need for a retaining mechanism.
Wichard Forged Duplex Stainless Steel Chain Hook Facts and Features:
- Designed by the Wichard Development Team
- Manufactured by Wichard in France
- Forged from Duplex Grade Stainless Steel grade for enhanced strength and corrosion resistance
- Designed to make anchoring safer and quieter by alleviating the shock load on the anchor chain
- Excellent means of taking the strain off your anchor windlass
- Prevents any damage caused by chain movement over the bow roller or on deck
- Made to attach over one link and between two links of the chain
- Ergonomic concept - Wichard claim that deployment and disengagement is a single handed operation
- Optimised shape prevents accidental release of the chain
- One piece with no moving parts
- No need for fiddly locking devices
- Hooks and Grabs that have a locking device are naturally more fiddly to deploy and disengage
The Wichard Forged Stainless Steel Chain Hook is designed to attach over one link and between two links of the chain
Wichard Forged Duplex Stainless Chain Hook Deployment Helpful Hints:
Deploy in conjunction with a nylon line comparable with your main anchor rode
A mooring compensator on the nylon line will help to soften the snatch load
Also available from Jimmy Green Marine spliced and finished to your requirements, ready to deploy
- Spliced and Finished Single Snubbing Line in 3 strand or Anchorplait Nylon
- Spliced and Finished Snubbing V shaped bridle in Anchorplait Nylon
The V shaped bridle centres the load by sharing the load through both bow fairleads, port and starboard
Wichard | Chain Size | Length | Weight | Working Load |
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WD-2994 | 8mm | 85mm | 88g | 480kg |
WD-2995 | 10mm | 103mm | 156g | 720kg |
WD-2996 | 12mm | 125mm | 287g | 960kg |
Working Load = Wichard published figure
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