Abstract: A device for protecting shellfish dredge chain bags, featuring arcuate strips of reinforced rubber adapted to be attached to trail beneath the bottom side of the bag to cushion and separate the bag from abrasive action against the ocean floor when it becomes weighted with rocks and shellfish. These strips, in curved form, are cut from the tread or side wall portions of used vehicle tires and are attached to the chain bag in a manner that protects the forward edge and corners of the strip from catching on the ocean floor while allowing the longer portion of the reinforced rubber strip to trail beneath the chain bag. An array of closely adjacent strips effectively defines a wear-resistant surface of the chain bag.

Abstract: A device for protecting shellfish dredge chain bags, featuring arcuate strips of reinforced rubber attached to the bottom side of the bag to cushion and separate the bag from abrasive action against the ocean floor when it becomes weighted with rocks and shellfish. These arcuate strips are cut from used vehicle tires and are attached to the chain bag in a manner that protects the forward edge and corners of the strip and the attaching device from catching on the ocean floor while allowing the longer portion of the reinforced rubber strip to trail beneath the chain bag.

Abstract: A marine rigging apparatus for splicing new wire cable of the type having twisted wire strands to a portion of worn wire cable taken from a rotatable drum on a fishing vessel docked or moored adjacent a dock, said apparatus including a motor vehicle having a base mounted thereon, at least one bearing mounted on the base, at least one drum rotatably supported by the bearing, a hydraulic motor operatively connected to the drum for rotating the drum to wind the worn cable onto the drum, a rigger's vise mounted on the base for clamping portions of cables to be spliced with the cables being restrained against rotation about the axes of the cables, and a twister device mounted on the base for rotating one of the cables in a direction opposed its natural twist to relieve the tension in the strands of the cable at a desired location on the cable to permit an efficient and quick splicing of the other cable to the twisted cable.

Abstract: A marine rigging apparatus for splicing new wire cable of the type having twisted wire strands to a portion of worn wire cable taken from a rotatable drum on a fishing vessel docked or moored adjacent a dock, said apparatus including a motor vehicle having a base mounted thereon, at least one bearing mounted on the base, at least one drum rotatably supported by the bearing, a hydraulic motor operatively connected to the drum for rotating the drum to wind the worn cable onto the drum, a rigger's vise mounted on the base for clamping portions of cables to be spliced with the cables being restrained against rotation about the axes of the cables, and a twister device mounted on the base for rotating one of the cables in a direction opposed its natural twist to relieve the tension in the strands of the cable at a desired location on the cable to permit an efficient and quick splicing of the other cable to the twisted cable.