T&T: Dock lines

[Robert Phillips]

< It looks like the over-whelming preference goes to 3 Strand New 
England ropes! >

I live on my boat in a marina that offers little protection to passing 
boat wakes and have learned from the commercial guys that Nylon with 
its elasticity and "spring-back" just accentuates the movement.  New 
England Rope makes a combination Nylon / polyester that has much less 
spring back and has made living on board much more comfortable.  A 
friend of mine who was head of Phillips Petroleum in Venezuela told me 
that they had switched all the lines on their boats to quiet them down 
at the dock.

It's a braided line with slightly less strength than straight Nylon, 
but the 3/4" on my 120,000 lb. boat has held up well for the two plus 
years I've been using it at the old CSY marina in Road Town, Tortola, a 
marina well known for popping dock lines (yes, it's very inexpensive or 
I wouldn't be there)

Bob Phillips,
Another Asylum, 60' custom trawler