Have you ever personally seen a nylon line used for berthing or mooring
actually get hot enough by this mechanism to melt or break?


Bill Kearney wrote:
http://www.boatus.com/Hurricanes/line.asp

That's just what I was going to say.

I have not seen lines that broke due to this, but I have
replaced lines that seemed to have little needle-like
hardened strands in them. That Boat US article was a very
good explanation and seemed very plausible to me (after
having seen partly melted strands in rope).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King