[Public-List] Butter end

[R Kirk]

Clay... Actually, it's not really necessary to secure the bitter end of the anchor rode itself. Secure it - lightly - if you'd like to keep it from flailing out of he boat accidentally. But you don't want to have it so tight that a runaway anchor will pull a hole in the bottom of the boat. Better lose the anchor than hole the boat. Navy ships used to (maybe still do) have a weak link in the chain near where it attached to the hull, designed to break in a severe pull. Thus the origin of the term 'weak link' I think. bob



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From: Clay Pass via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
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I think that's what I'm going to do too, I was just a little concerned
since my pipe is not in a reinforced area that maybe I should be concerned
that it might snatch a hole in the deck some day...but apparently that
hasn't happened to anyone yet!

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 7:29 AM Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> My bitter end is tied to a chunk of wood too big to fit up the hawsepipe.
>
> BTW "bitter end" has nothing to do with the bitterness associated with
> seeing disappear over the side. It's the end that goes around the bitts AKA
> the Samson post.
>
> In French, it's the almost the same word: bitte. Which is also a slang term
> for penis. Possibly because the Samson post on the boss of boats from the
> south of France are quite phallic:
>
> https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointu_%28embarcation%29?wprov=sfla1
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