"Jeff" wrote in message
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* Capt. JG wrote, On 2/23/2007 4:28 PM:
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However, ignore the amateurs that advise shackling the chain to the
boat. It should be attached with a length of line, strong enough to
hold the boat, accessible enough to cut with a knife if need be.

What about boats that have all chain rodes? Are you proposing adding
line to the end of an all chain rode?

Of course. Why is that a problem? If you were concerned that you could
actually have all of the chain out in a gale and the boat was being held
by that piece of rope, then make it good nylon, which is almost as
strong as chain, for its size. This would provide some shock absorbing
when the boat snubbed up. You can even splice it onto the chain such
that it would run out a chain pipe.
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You should tell that to all the large charter companies... none of them
do this... at least the ones I've chartered with, although I don't see a
downside to it except the possibility of a connection failure, which
could be prevented with proper maintenance.

Are you saying they don't bother to secure the rode at all? That would
seem weird, given the large number of inexperienced users. I can believe
that they decided to shackle securely, peening it to make it impossible to
remove. The charter companies have different priorities.


They shackle the end of the rode to the boat.. Sorry if my response was
confusing.

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