Michael wrote:
I havent used this tech. myself but the cantanery principle does make
alot of sense to me. Is a kelt necessary? Since I dont know of many
that use one, probably not as they use other means of snubbing the
anchor line, if at all. If I had the experience of using one, then I
would decide if it was necessary. Thats why the original post sought
others thoughts, either in principle or from usage experience.
Still, i like the idea and it is something that you could probably
make yourself....I like those kind of ideas....

As it turns out my cruising friends just sent an email asking me to
pass on their web site to interested friends:
http://liveaboard.sv-moonshadow.com/mnshdw.htm

Ed has written a page about kellets, which he calls a sentinel:
http://liveaboard.sv-moonshadow.com/Sentinel.htm