Frank, I suggest you add a goat to your crew, station it at the bow when you lift and yer all set. Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "Frank Condon" <dieselduck44@hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:07 PM To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com Subject: GL: weeds on anchor chain x-- snip --x Oops, I almost forgot my question - anybody have any idea for how to quickly de-weed an anchor chain? I've been pulling up 100's of pounds of long grassy weeds every morning and it takes me a full 50 minutes to clean my chain. Thanks, Tommy ______________