That chain was hot-dip-galvanized 6 years ago
in Colombia. We should have re-done it in Mexico, but that seemed rather difficult during Covid times. The worst part, the middle (!) was cut out and the ends rejoined. That left us with 180ft of usable chain, but it was time to look for new.
New chain was coming by plane from NZ! The cost of shipping by air ended up to be about the same total price as sending 240kg by ship, since destination charges for unloading in a harbor was quite expensive and also uncertain. Any movement in the harbor has to be paid extra (such as opening the container, inspecting for pests, possibly treating the pests, then unloading the container per shipper into their bonded warehouse, customs, then move the stuff to the shipper's warehouse for distribution. Charges for airfreight are straightforward though, (a fixed price).
 | 240kg are a bit much to
man-handle |
|  | Testing the fit: 10mm DIN766/a chain
on 3/8 BBB gypsy |
|
 | Sliding the chain down the
plastic / aluminum ramp and feed the chain |
|  | into the dinghy. Then drive that heavily laden
dinghy to the boat |
|
 | Crack open a beer and spool the chain
into the anchor-chain locker |
|  | | That got the twist out of the chain. We then got all chain back out again to mark it every 30ft |
|
The anchor needs some attention in future. But there is a lot of material in that 40kg anchor, so nothing urgent.
