More about the aft hawse pipe and how to prevent chafe on the rope/chain tail/drouge

I have been lucky with Elisolation in Laxå.
The G 11 pipes for the hawse pipe came very quickly and they are superstrong.
I persuaded one of the persons in the building, a big guy 110 kilos to hang out on a lever very much longer than the rudder axis on a testpiece much less diameter and less wall thickness.
It did flex but not breax. Good glassfibre laminate made from epoxy prepreg is very resiliant.
Ten years ago or so I had been to the Stockholm boat show with my boat.
I stopped in Nyköping to give a talk.
On the way there I noticed a brigde much lower then the others.
After the talk one of the yacht club members volontered to guide me out of town.
I told him spcifically not to take the road with the low bridge because my mast was up.
Shore enough I heard a big bang.
The idiot had taken the low bridge road anywhy.
How stupid can you get?
Being a stoic I did not bother to give him hell.
The mast is the real hero in this story.
It came out with no damage.
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