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I'm an all chain kind of guy, so I use an anchor snubber. I also like attaching the snubber to a waterline fitting to reduce the needed scope. The bridle I used on my Formosa was short and rudimentary.
What I've got planned for the new boat is something super stretchy involging 3 strand nylon line, snubbers, and a sewn in length of shock cord as described in Brion Toss' book The Rigger's Apprentice.
Question is, what's the ideal length? I figure that as an absolute minimum, it must easily reach the chain at the roller from the waterline fitting. As an absolute maximum it shouldn't be long enough to get in the prop were it to be dragged along underway (it's happened to me before). So that makes it somewhere between 8ft and 30ft. As long as possible seems like a good idea for shock absorption, but if I anchor in the shallows, it could touch the bottom which may not be a good idea.
Any thoughts on the ideal length?
MedSailor
What I've got planned for the new boat is something super stretchy involging 3 strand nylon line, snubbers, and a sewn in length of shock cord as described in Brion Toss' book The Rigger's Apprentice.
Question is, what's the ideal length? I figure that as an absolute minimum, it must easily reach the chain at the roller from the waterline fitting. As an absolute maximum it shouldn't be long enough to get in the prop were it to be dragged along underway (it's happened to me before). So that makes it somewhere between 8ft and 30ft. As long as possible seems like a good idea for shock absorption, but if I anchor in the shallows, it could touch the bottom which may not be a good idea.
Any thoughts on the ideal length?
MedSailor