03-07-2008
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Buying rope of unknown quality, make and origin, even at a really good price is generally a mistake. Rope may look similar, but without knowing the quality, the specifications can vary widely.
You can buy what looks like a decent double braid line down at the hardware store. The 3/8" stuff says that it has a SWL of somewhere around 244 lbs, meaning its breaking strength is probably less than 2400 lbs. It’s also made of polypropylene more likely than not, since it floats. A good marine 3/8" dacron double braid, in this case StaSet, has a SWL of about 440 lbs. will have a breaking strength of 4400 lbs. or so.
Recently, a person on here bought rope for use as an anchor rode from eBay IIRC. The rope had numerous splices in it, even though it was supposed to be new on a spool. Not exactly what I'd want to use for my anchor rode.
A decent polyester double braid 1/2" line, like Samson 1/2 LST Yacht Braid goes for about a $1 a foot. You paid $250 for 600', or $0.42 a foot. That's probably a lot less than the wholesale cost of a good marine double braid. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
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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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Last edited by sailingdog; 03-07-2008 at 08:48 AM.
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