Right, that's why a chain grabber does a good job. Plus, a
grabber uses 2 lines so one has redundency if one chafes
through.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Skip Gundlach" skip make this all one word with my last name next to my
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One more thing. The nice thing about the Grabber is that it eliminates
the noise of the chain rattling around on the bow roller all the
time as happens with a stopper. The stopped is alot easier to
use though.


Well, perhaps, but I found the jerking which occurred if there was no give
in the line annoying and also felt it couldn't be doing the boat any good.
Thus my use of the nylon and hook whenever I thought it might help (waves,
mostly, though a strong enough wind will take the catenary out of the
longest chain)...

L8R

Skip

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