Snubber arrangement and technique

I am having trouble arranging a wishbone style' snubber for my 31. Photos below show my arrangement. The problem I am currently having is that my snubbers do not stay on the chain with the chain hooks, and I have great difficulty in attaching the snubbers to the chain because I cannot go to the end of the bowsprit because of the rolling furler. Currently I pull the chain up with the boathook and struggle to hook the chain over a cleat. Then I try to quickly attach a little seizing wire to the hooks to hold them on the chain but they come loose anyway. This is difficult when the boat is moving. It is also a good way to lose a finger. I have one quarter inch chain. Notice also that I have a bail over the end of my bowroller. So it does not allow me to attach the snubbers before I deploy the chain anchor. I used a small open hooks for the quarter inch chain as I could not find anything else. What I am hoping is that someone can describe not only the materials but the technique for attaching safely and quickly. The other problem is that The chain in snubbers catch on the Bobstay which of course is bad. The last picture shows a couple of other items that might be used to quickly attach the snubbers to the chain, they will have to be smaller ones to fit in the chain. Strong enough? So in summary I am concerned about the arrangement pulling on : the bobstay and also using something to quickly attach the snubbers that are strong enough. Please help!

Ok, I got lots of help on sailboatowners.com

My solution to this is KEEP IT SIMPLE! We use ONE line, no need for two lines in 20 years and 15,000 miles. We use a 5/16" chain hook on this one line. Some use a rolling hitch even better. Then we hook the chain when going out and let it take the one line snubber over the bow roller. Then we drop a loop of chain down to keep it on the hook. Gravity works in this situation. We have never had the hook come off.

No need for fancy working over the bow and around each side.

Now to remove simply take up chain with the windlass and pull the ONE LINE bridle back in over the roller. Amazing how easy it works. Simple is best. Forget two lines.

Why do you think you need two?
What better solutions did you hear of?
Please share the answers.

Hayden

We use one of these...Mantus chain hook. Check out the video:
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Rich:
That Hook looks like a great product, thanks for the link.

Here is our single line bridle deployed over the bow. I see no need to ever use two lines. It is just too difficult to put on and even more difficult to take off in a blow when you need to pull up anchor in a hurry. With one line over the bow, you can simply pull in the chain and bridle all at once.
Hayden

Thanks for the replies, and good point about two vs one Hayden. I wanted to use two to spread the load between both bow cleats

I checked out the mantis hook, and it looks like a better hook than I am using. The second night I ran both snubbers through the bow roller and like it much better.