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Old 05-31-2007
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Originally Posted by jonlgauthier
And for the snubber, I was thinking of placing a chain hook in the middle of 50' of 7/8" nylon and cleating off each end to create a bridle. That way I could vary the length as conditions dictate and to spread out chafe (in addition to chafing covers, btw).
As I said previously I would go a good deal longer on the snubber, since you probably don't want to have to retreive the anchor chain to remove the chain hook to let out more scope in a storm. I would make the snubber a minimum of 50' long working length, which means a minimum of 100' of rope.
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