[Rhodes22-list] sailing: dock lines

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Lee,
Yo, skipper!  Do not forget that shock loads will factor up from a simple steady load.  Pulsing wave action can be heavy duty strain on an anchor line.  That said, I'd still personally opt for 3/8 double braid, a second line (and anchor) if stuck in heavy wave action.  I just can't imagine using 1/2 " line.
Chow,
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>Sent: Apr 9, 2008 1:09 PM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] sailing: dock lines
>
>
>Joe,
>
>See attached link, all three pages.
>
>http://powerboat.about.com/od/seamanship/l/aa030203a.htm
>http://powerboat.about.com/od/seamanship/l/aa030203a.htm 
>
>Hank makes a good point.  My bow cleat is large enough to barely handle two
>1/2" lines, but some recycled Rhodes have smaller cleats.  Might want to
>check out the size with Stan.  I noticed that his new boats now have two bow
>cleats.
>
>I disagree with the attached article in that it recommends a 1/2" line for
>boats over 20', especially since it states that a 3/8" line breaks at 4,000
>lbs.  According to that, you could hang one of our Rhodes in the air from a
>single 3/8" line.  In the water I don't think you'd get more than a 200 lb.
>tug on a line on our boats in a hurricane.
>
>I have both the expensive West Marine braided nylon lines and the cheap
>K-Mart poly lines.  Both work but the thing I like most about the nylon is
>that it doesn't slip as much on the cleat, so you don't need to put as much
>effort into pulling the line tight.
>
>The other downside to a poly line is that it will make you look cheap
>because everyone else uses nylon lines.
>
>The downside to a 3/8" line is that it will make you look wimpy because
>everyone else uses 1/2" lines or bigger.
>
>I actually am cheap and am under the allusion that size doesn't matter.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>Kent Island, MD
>
>
>
>Hank-5 wrote:
>> 
>> Joe,
>> 
>> I originally bought 1/2" line for my boat and I now realize that is too
>> big,
>> especially for the front where both sides have to go to one cleat.  The
>> next
>> time I go to west marine I plan to pick up some 3/8" lines.  The length is
>> all dependent on your particular situation.  If you are trailering I would
>> at a minimum have some of the 25' lenghts and you might want a couple of
>> 35'
>> for "just in case" situations.
>> 
>> Good luck,
>> 
>> Hank
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/9/08, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> We'll be picking up our recycled Rhodes soon and plan to go sailing on
>>> Albemarle Sound for a few days.  I've got most everything we need for
>>> the boat I think except for dock lines.  I'm imagining we'll end up
>>> spending a couple of nights tied up at some transient dock somewhere.
>>> It's probably a dumb question, but what size/lengths/type of dock lines
>>> do you folks use for the
>>> Rhodes 22?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Joe
>>>
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