A recent upgrade to the rear quarters of our boat are Schaefer SS cast chocks.
Beautifully rounded castings and mirror-polished to minimize chafe. I found these on sale at Downwind Marine, so the delivered price was a little over $100. for both.
There are many other chocks on the market, but most are quite a bit longer due to having cast external ends for their fastenings and also have (for some illogical reason) 90 degree edges where the line passes thru. i.e. 90 degree!
There was not much overall deck space between the end of the Aluminum toe rail and the end of the deck and also the base of the stern pulpit on each side.
These also cover and replace one deck thru-bolt on each side so it's now twice as strong in those little areas. (Never a weak point, but more strength is always nice.)
These show a lot of attention to detail and thoughtful casting. The fasteners are threaded in from the bottom, and are metric all-thread. Each fastening hole is bottom-tapped. They provide a small tube of thread locker liquid, altho I can not imagine a fastener loosening for any reason.
Each chock has both threaded screws, washers, nuts, and heavy duty ss backing plate. Except for drill bits and wrenches, they provide everything needed. I sealed around the deck penetration with butyl sealant from “RC” at his Maine Sail web site. Trivia: this is an M10 thread size. While it is commonly cross referenced as 3/8", it proves to be a bit larger in real life, and my 3/8 drill made a slightly-undersized hole. I had to borrow a little larger bit from our club's shop to enlarge it.
This is part # 60-40, and there is a larger size that would not fit well on the deck space available on our boat. Attached also is a parts picture from the company web site.
While a very ’minor’ project, the need was noted after some strong wind storms the prior winter that caused the mooring line to chafe on the edge of the toe rail and parted one of the three strands in the nylon. New line with heavy cloth chafe gear temporarily solved that problem, but a more permanent solution was needed.
Pictured are top on-deck views of the chocks in place, and there is one shot from inside, looking up at the end of the deck. (It is, BTW, as far up there as one human arm with a wrench can reach! Putting on the plate, washer, and then the nut… with one hand…. was challenging.) In this photo also labeled the G10 FRP piece installed under one of the pulpit legs when I reinforced all of those - quite a few years ago.
Beautifully rounded castings and mirror-polished to minimize chafe. I found these on sale at Downwind Marine, so the delivered price was a little over $100. for both.
There are many other chocks on the market, but most are quite a bit longer due to having cast external ends for their fastenings and also have (for some illogical reason) 90 degree edges where the line passes thru. i.e. 90 degree!
There was not much overall deck space between the end of the Aluminum toe rail and the end of the deck and also the base of the stern pulpit on each side.
These also cover and replace one deck thru-bolt on each side so it's now twice as strong in those little areas. (Never a weak point, but more strength is always nice.)
These show a lot of attention to detail and thoughtful casting. The fasteners are threaded in from the bottom, and are metric all-thread. Each fastening hole is bottom-tapped. They provide a small tube of thread locker liquid, altho I can not imagine a fastener loosening for any reason.
Each chock has both threaded screws, washers, nuts, and heavy duty ss backing plate. Except for drill bits and wrenches, they provide everything needed. I sealed around the deck penetration with butyl sealant from “RC” at his Maine Sail web site. Trivia: this is an M10 thread size. While it is commonly cross referenced as 3/8", it proves to be a bit larger in real life, and my 3/8 drill made a slightly-undersized hole. I had to borrow a little larger bit from our club's shop to enlarge it.
This is part # 60-40, and there is a larger size that would not fit well on the deck space available on our boat. Attached also is a parts picture from the company web site.
While a very ’minor’ project, the need was noted after some strong wind storms the prior winter that caused the mooring line to chafe on the edge of the toe rail and parted one of the three strands in the nylon. New line with heavy cloth chafe gear temporarily solved that problem, but a more permanent solution was needed.
Pictured are top on-deck views of the chocks in place, and there is one shot from inside, looking up at the end of the deck. (It is, BTW, as far up there as one human arm with a wrench can reach! Putting on the plate, washer, and then the nut… with one hand…. was challenging.) In this photo also labeled the G10 FRP piece installed under one of the pulpit legs when I reinforced all of those - quite a few years ago.
