T&T: Anchor rode snubber line size

[C. Marin Faure]

We used to use 5/8" for our snubber lines but have since changed to  
1/2."  We use braided lines, not twisted.

Let us know if your V-shaped snubber with a line through each bow  
hawse is effectual in helping to keep the boat from hunting or  
yawing.  We use the exactly the same arrangement only we use a chain  
plate, not a chain hook.  Our experience thus far has shown virtually  
no difference whatsoever in hunting or yawing with a V-shaped snubber  
or a single-line snubber.  Same thing on a mooring buoy.  Running a  
line from one hawse, through the ring on the buoy, and back to the  
other hawse does nothing to reduce the hunting over running a line to  
and from the buoy through the same hawse or using a single line with  
a karabiner on it to the ring on the buoy.  The only thing we've  
found effective in reducing hunting at anchor or on a buoy is a stern  
anchor.


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C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington