After having painted it, it’s now time to make sure all my hard work doesn’t get scraped off the first time I go through the locks.
I’ve already fitted this roof eye hook on the narrowboat.
This goes some way to reducing the chafing across the apex of the roof.
Most of the damage happens at the sides, where the cabin is between the roof and the bollards.
As it moves backwards and forwards with the boat, it takes all the paint off!
Fairleads
To stop this, we’ve got some ‘fairleads’, also called cleats, skenes and other things.
Fairlead is the most universal term. It simply guides the rope from the side of the boat.
Fitting the fairleads
As it’s going to take the weight of the boat, it’ got to be a sturdy fitting. Continue reading “Fastening fairleads to my boat pt1”