While a chain stopper is a good idea, I'd second the recommendation for making up a few chain snubber
lines as well. The chain stopper will put a lot more stress on the boat from shock loading when at
anchor than a proper chain snubber would. Just make the chain snubber long enough that if you have to increase scope, you can do so by letting out chain and snubber, rather than having to haul the chain back in to detach the chain snubber and re-attach it later.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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