Gogarty wrote:

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On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:51:36 -0700, captnorm
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Just bought new anchor rode of Yale 8-plait nylon Brait & need to
splice it to 5/16 chain for a Maxwell Freedom 800 windlass.

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Not necessarily the best choice for anchor rode in my opinion. It's
much more expensive than 3 ply nylon, has less stretch (which is
desirable for its shock absorbing qualities), and is very difficult to
splice with chain, if at all. Maybe you could return it?


I don't see how you could splice braided rope to a chain except with an
eye splice, which won't go through the windlass. Three-strand nylon is
definitely the way to go.

It is easy to splice to chain.
See http://www.jimmygreen.co.uk/chandler...it_splices.htm

The only tricky bit is keeping track of the lay (R or L) of the pairs of
strands and for that, colored tape on the ends is great.