Do you know the maker of this deck chock?

jeffclown · Feb 8, 2016

No clue about the chock, but have you considered dragging a large magnet in the area you lost it? The chock would probably have dropped straight down.

JohnVTX · Feb 8, 2016

They could be hand crafted. They are called Skeen Bow or Deck Chocks. Find something close and re-drill holes or bring the one you have to a craftsman, and he can make you a duplicate.

ifmdalvey · Feb 8, 2016

with all those sharp edges, i would not be in a rush to use that without filing it down and polishing.

pateco · Feb 8, 2016

SailMaster said:
This piece of metal is not magnetic. We tested a magnet on the remaining chock. A diver has already searched the murky bottom as well.

This is very frustrating as I would like to keep the boat as original as possible.

Get a different diver. Even in zero visibility water, a correct search pattern should be able to find it.

I dropped my plastic gooseneck insert for my Isomat NG37 mast overboard when we were re-rigging the boom after a move.

Found it in zero visibility silt and mud bottom in less than 10 minutes. Had to reject a lot of oysters before I identified the correct part by feel LOL, but as this part is no longer made, I could not give up.

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kito · Feb 8, 2016

I once knocked a brand new stainless steel prop off my swim platform while I was changing out props. It was about 20 feet of water. It took a diver close to 20 minutes to find it. It was buried in a foot of mud. A different diver may find it. It just depends on how long he wants to dig and feel around blindly down there. Can you find out who made your boat and somehow talk to someone? Making a new one is not going to be cheap. Maybe remove the one you have and install a matching set of a different kind?

SFS · Feb 8, 2016

It's amazing how deep into lightweight silt a lightweight part can sink. I recently had to freedive in only 8 feet of water with zero visibility to find a winch bearing. It's astonishing how zero visibility will mess with trying to set up a search grid. I was on my final free dive before renting a tank when my fingers just brushed something that turned out to be the part. It was half buried, and it had only fallen 8 feet. The part weighed maybe 4 ounces. Diving again may be your best option.

Barnacle Bill · Feb 8, 2016

Having been in this business for more decades than I share to share, I don't recognize the chock, but my guess is the manufacturer of the boat perhaps made it's own hardware, or at least that cleat, or had someone make it up special for them as they didn't want to source out the chock from manufacturer's like Perko or Schaffer. That's my 2 cents.

pateco · Feb 10, 2016

SFS said:
It's amazing how deep into lightweight silt a lightweight part can sink. I recently had to freedive in only 8 feet of water with zero visibility to find a winch bearing. It's astonishing how zero visibility will mess with trying to set up a search grid. I was on my final free dive before renting a tank when my fingers just brushed something that turned out to be the part. It was half buried, and it had only fallen 8 feet. The part weighed maybe 4 ounces. Diving again may be your best option.

I would not try this free diving in zero viz and silt. You could search the same area 10 times and not find it. must be with scuba tanks or a hookah setup to do a proper search pattern.