JimH wrote:
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Tim, braided line has a nice "hand" to it, but when it snags on something,
it can tear out a little, and the deterioration continues until you have a
bit of a mess. I keep two sets of dock lines aboard, one set twist, one
set braided, and use the line appropriate to the dock.

Used to carry an anchor with braided line in Florida. It's much easier on
the hands when pulling up the line, but the rough shell bottoms ripped it
to shreds in short order. When I bought son of Yo Ho, the dealer tossed in
a kit that included a Danforth-style anchor and 200' of 3/8" line. I
replaced that line with 1/2" twist because it is easier on the hands (the
palms, mainly) than 3/8". Now, the 3/8" is attached to my back-up anchor.


3 strand twisted is best for anchor lines. We are talking about dock lines.




Braided is easy on the hands. When you fish the ICW in NE Florida, you
move around alot from spot to spot, and might drop and raise your anchor
50 times in a day. That's why I used braided.