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Awhile back I bought 450' of nice 1" anchor line to use with our FX-125 Fortress storm anchor. It looks just like normal, 3-strand, stiff anchor line. It got some use during hurricane Sandy.
The only problen is that it floats. It must have a polypropylene core or something. I can't use a floating anchor line, it's just asking to foul someone's prop, while sitting on the surface for 7 times the depth of the water & anchor roller height.
Fortunately, during Sandy, the wind clocked around and the it stayed right next to the boat, since we were then lying on a different anchor. And there wasn't much boat traffic that morning. (I was on the boat, worried more about the line and other boats than the 3 big anchors holding. I was on "anchor line" watch, and hoisted that achor in the morning.)
I need to get rid of it or do something else with it, now that I'm fixing up the bow cabin where it's kept. http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/131730-foam-backed-vinyl-ok-use-glue.html#post1700194
I do need new docklines. Will it work for that? I hate to cut a rope though. (Now that it has no purpose, it's back to being called a rope, right?)
Should I give in to my desire to not cut a rope, sell it, and buy proper docklines? Or ignore all that and chop away at it. That would seem a shame. I do need 1" docklines, but it might be better to have the stretch of pure nylon.
What do you do with 1.5 football fields of floating line?
Regards,
Brad
The only problen is that it floats. It must have a polypropylene core or something. I can't use a floating anchor line, it's just asking to foul someone's prop, while sitting on the surface for 7 times the depth of the water & anchor roller height.
Fortunately, during Sandy, the wind clocked around and the it stayed right next to the boat, since we were then lying on a different anchor. And there wasn't much boat traffic that morning. (I was on the boat, worried more about the line and other boats than the 3 big anchors holding. I was on "anchor line" watch, and hoisted that achor in the morning.)
I need to get rid of it or do something else with it, now that I'm fixing up the bow cabin where it's kept. http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/131730-foam-backed-vinyl-ok-use-glue.html#post1700194
I do need new docklines. Will it work for that? I hate to cut a rope though. (Now that it has no purpose, it's back to being called a rope, right?)
Should I give in to my desire to not cut a rope, sell it, and buy proper docklines? Or ignore all that and chop away at it. That would seem a shame. I do need 1" docklines, but it might be better to have the stretch of pure nylon.
What do you do with 1.5 football fields of floating line?
Regards,
Brad