T&T: anchor rode

Warren Keuffel wkeuffel at gmail.com
Mon Jun 22 20:46:00 EDT 2009


That's what I do. I use Brait from Yale Cordage. Great stuff. I use  
it primarily for its stretchability but the other characteristics are  
nice, though. I don't know that you would necessarily need Brait for  
warping your boat, though. It is expensive.

Warren

On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Mike Euritt wrote:

> with the recent discussions of anchors and anchoring one bit of  
> information
> stuck in my mind. Use 8 plait line for the fiber part of the rode  
> because it
> handles easily, doesn't tend to develop hockles and can pile into a  
> bag.
> Did I get that right?


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