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Old 01-07-2016, 06:13 AM   #75
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"This discussion is about catenary and certainly does not apply to other advantage of chain like chafing."

Once the breeze picks up the catenary on chain is long gone.

The elasticity of nylon remains to soften the anchor load in gusts.

Yes even 3/4 nylon and larger gets like a snubber in good breezes.

For a named storm , where you KNOW its gona blow , if there is a eye splice at the bitter end of the line a few ft of heavy (we use 5/8 chain!) can be shackeled on to secure to the boat with no chafe thru..

Better to have the bow damaged by the Heavy chain leading overboard than loose the boat.
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