On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:47:57 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

I have a 250 foot rode. 30 feet chain and 220 feet 1/2
3-strand.....

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1/2 inch 3 strand is amazingly strong as long as it is protected from
chafe. That's one of the really nice things about chain - chafe is
pretty much of a non-issue, and as a bonus, no bozo is likely to cut
your rode with his prop - not without a commotion anyway. I once had
a nylon rode cut with a prop so quickly and cleanly it was almost
surgical.

Oops, I think I just strained my catenary...