gunwale protector?

[mike farrants]

might be a silly question, but Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to protect my gunwale from the anchor chain - if dropping and lifting on my own I don't want to roll the chain over the wooden gunwale - and lifting at arms length is tough... I was thinking a plastic sheet bent over the side, and then i could lift and lower slowly and more controlled?

maybe a 5 gal drum cut? 

any good ideas?

TIA

Edited March 30, 2021 by mike farrants

[andydavy]

Nice piece of stainless steel

[Andy135]

As @andydavysays, a piece of sheet stainless would work well, and look more professional than a cut drum.

[DINOBOY]

How wide if the gunwhale? When I had wood I just cut a slot out of a 4” soil pipe and put it over you can get the pipe up to 9”. 

[mike farrants]

its a colvic 20 so quite deep gunwales - I did think about soil pipe or guttering

thanks - I thought it might have been a silly question!

[Saintly Fish]

7 minutes ago, mike farrants said:

I thought it might have been a silly question!

No such thing Mike. 

[DINOBOY]

29 minutes ago, mike farrants said:

its a colvic 20 so quite deep gunwales - I did think about soil pipe or guttering

thanks - I thought it might have been a silly question!

Mine was on a mevagissey tosher. 

[OrkneyCorkney]

Building sites and farmers are a good source of wide diameter land drain pipe (although many famers believe the two foot of pipe abandoned in their yard is gold plated - haggle 🤣 ) 

[DINOBOY]

1 minute ago, OrkneyCorkney said:

Building sites and farmers are a good source of wide diameter land drain pipe (although many famers believe the two foot of pipe abandoned in their yard is gold plated - haggle 🤣 ) 

I work onsite so it’s a freebie for me. 👍

[OrkneyCorkney]

56 minutes ago, DINOBOY said:

I work onsite so it’s a freebie for me. 👍

Best price, I’ll like those deals 🤗

[andydavy]

We used to use yellow plastic gas pipe on our commercial boats