[Rhodes22-list] Learning New Things - Types of Line (Rope)

[Michael McKay]

I use 3-strand rodes which are flaked into 2-gallon paint buckets from HD stored in my lazarette. My main fluke anchor and chain is hung from the bow pulpit.  The spare anchor is stored in the lazarette. I have a climbers locking  caribiner on the end of each rode for quick connection to the anchor.  I cut an exit hole in each bucket for the bitter end bowline. This has worked quite well. 

Michael McKay
(630) 209-2054 (m)

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> On Nov 15, 2021, at 4:58 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
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> I'm not sure of the source, but somewhere I developed the firm opinion that only 3-strand line should be used for anchor rodes and dock lines.  Other types of lines, specifically double-braid, did not have enough stretch or elasticity for these applications.
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> In reading posts on another forum (sorry), and doing a bit of research, I find that this firmly held opinion is quite incorrect.
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> It seems there are double braided lines made specifically for anchor rodes and dock lines.  There is also something sort of in between double-braided and 3-strand, called 8-plait, of which I was entirely unaware.
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> One of the reasons this new information caught my attention is that both double-braid and 8-plaint are much more flexible than 3 strand, and will fall into an anchor rode locker (or bag) more easily.  
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> One of the short comings of my anchoring system, in which anchor rode is stored in bags in the aft corners of the lazaret, is that feeding the 3-strand rode down into the bags can sometimes be a somewhat fiddly process.  A more flexible type of line would almost certainly improve things.
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> For those unfamiliar with and curious about my anchor system, relevant YouTube videos can be found here: https://youtu.be/GheL7_fhpGo  and here: https://youtu.be/VeL_3Ir0yQ4
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> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
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