[Rhodes22-list] Docking and anchor lines

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Thanks Bill. You are right about the 3-strand 
nylon for the anchor rode. We also prefer it for 
dock lines though we have some of both.

Mary Lou


At 04:35 PM 4/20/2015, you wrote:
>Most excellent post Mary Lou.  The only thing I 
>would add is to make sure the anchor rode is 
>three-strand nylon as it stretches a bit under 
>load and will act as a shock absorber.  Not as 
>important for dock lines, but you may want to 
>consider snubbers. Bill W. s/v Fina Lee 
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>anchor lines Length of docklines depends on the 
>configuration of where you will be tying up. If 
>you tie up to a floating dock vs a fixed dock 
>with cleats or to all pilings like in our 
>current marina, your needs will be different. If 
>you are putting your boat in a marina, check out 
>what other people use. If you are just getting 
>them for cruising , you'll need a greater 
>variety. In our current slip we use, I think, 
>2  25ft lines for the stern and a 25 ft and a 
>very long custom line for the bow because one of 
>the pilings we tie up to is some distance away. 
>In our bucket of lines that we use while 
>cruising, we have some 20 footers, some 25 
>footers and some 30 footers. We've accumulated 
>them over time and used them all at one time or 
>another. I think most of the lines are 3/8. Too 
>small and they are hard on your hands, too big 
>and they crowd the cleats on the boat. As far as 
>anchor rode and chain, there are some good 
>articles about the kind and size of chain. I 
>don't remember those details. West Advisor has 
>one 
>(http://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Selecting-An-Anchor-Rode) 
>We've had up to 15 ft. or chain on our Danforth 
>anchor but it became to heavy for me to cart 
>around the boats so we now use a Fortress anchor 
>and their recommended 6 ft. of chain. For the 
>Chesapeake you don't really need to worry about 
>sharp things on the bottom. We also have a spare 
>Danforth anchor. I believe one of them has has 
>200 ft of rode and the other has 250. I believe 
>the rodes are both 3/8" line. We've rarely 
>anchored in 25 feet of water on the Bay so that 
>seems sufficient. There have been a few time 
>when we've been anchored in  20 ft and I've let 
>out extra scope in a blow so I've been grateful 
>for the extra length. I installed those plastic 
>anchor rode markers on both rodes so I always 
>know how much I have out. I rarely use more that 
>70 or 80 ft as we usually are anchored in less 
>than 10 ft. Best, Mary Lou 1991 R22 Fretless 
>recycled 1998 Rock Hall, MD At 02:12 PM 
>4/20/2015, you wrote: >Hi,      Getting ready to 
>launch and thought >I‬™d get your thoughts on 
>size and length of dock linees and 
>chain/line >for the anchor.  Be sailing in the 
>Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay.  >Thanks, Bob 
>Allen, Fairfax, 
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