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Default Skippy is gonna get SLAMMED!

On Sun, 04 Oct 2015 12:46:54 -0400, "Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:

Looped around the anchors is a length of 3/8" stainless
steel chain to which is attached a hefty stainless steel
swivel to which is attached two 25-foot lengths of 1/2"
three-strand nylon, eye spliced around two SS thimbles.


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1/2 inch nylon is kind of light for riding out a hurricane. How do
you keep the nylon from sinking to the bottom when you go for a sail?