Can you cite *ANY* instance *EVER* where use of an all chain rode was
considered a criminal (or civil) offense?


all-chain rode has been in use just few years, since baby-boomers started
getting fat and too weak to lift anchors, and well-off financially due to
housing price increases. prior to that (when 45 feet was considered
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaay too big for a cruiser
to handle, and 35 feet was considered too big to handle except by athletic
men), nylon rode with short chain and LARGE anchors were the norm.

I still remember seeing pictures from years ago of the stew ped boat owner who
chained his boat to his anchor (believing a steel-decked, steel boat was tough
enough to handle anything) with it mooring bit ripped from the deck by wave
action.

getting fat, are ya junnie?