"Wally" wrote in message
Bart Senior wrote:

If you have a dedicated kedge, its better to have a low
stretch rode on the kedge.

Why?

Winching in the rode on a kedge is difficult enough without having to take
up the stretch of the rode.


Assuming you don't mean *no* stretch, how does one get less stretch - are
there rodes with an intermediate stretch?

Chain (virtually no stretch), but it's impractical for a kedge, not to
mention too heavy to transport simply for the infrequent act of kedging. A
better alternative might be dacron rode as opposed to nylon. Then there are
the high-tech materials, such as kevlar, spectra, etc. None of them would
have value as anchor rodes, but as kedging rodes they would conceivably
limit stretch. An old halyard from a maxi racer could function as a kedging
rode.

Max