a 3 foot nylon snubber will stretch about an inch or two before it starts to
permanently deform. a thirty foot snubber will stretch about twelve inches
before permanently deforming.

In windy conditions where an all chain rode is pulled tight, wave action can
cause the boat to jerk solidly against the chain with a boat movement due to
waves of upwards of five feet or more. Under those conditions, your anchor is
coming loose or your deck chocks are breaking off.

NO body chains a boat to a dock and NObody chains a boat to a rock on shore.
Why then would anyone chain a boat to a rock under water?

Why? Because they are too weak and too old and too lazy to lift a 35# anchor.

Fact is, all chain WILL bust out an anchor -- or break deck chocks loose --
when the winds pick up and the waves start.



Hence why ones uses a snubber with an all chain rode....

-al-