I believe the purpose of the chain is to hold the flukes down to initially
set the anchor. Please correct me if I am wrong MW
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On 09 Jul 2003 13:24:50 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

So, you disagree that the longer the chain the better the holding
power in an ideal bottom? 8^)

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(start with a friendly grin)
You've been taking lessons from the political threads here. (1) Make an
absurd
statement.

Of course it was absurd! It was meant to be... Meanwhile it has an
element of fact in it. A longer chain generally holds better than a
shorter chain. A Chain that is too short probably won't hold well at
all.

cheers
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