On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:28:02 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

Are these still available? I weld, and thought I'd make some. Do they make
them for larger ropes? IIRC, the old rope was 1/4" braided, and this is a
little heavier, like 1/2".

I've never seen anything quite like what you are describing. On our
runabout we stow 1/2 inch anchor line into a canvas tote bag with the
free end tied off to one of the handles. Nothing fancy is required
when stowing the line, just let it flake into the bottom of the bag
and it will come out the same way without tangling.