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--- In , The Aryan <aryanwa at dot dot dot > wrote:
> I currently have a a 45 meter (150 feet) long all chain anchor rode
> with a twisted, nylon line, tail spliced on to the chain. I want to
> replace the tail with a braided line with nylon core, but the
> traditional, braided eye splice with thimble is too large to go
> through my deck access to my rode/chain locker. Can any of you
> point me to a suitable attachment of braided line to chain??
Rather than double-braid you might consider one of the 8- or 12-strand
lines. They retain the stretch of traditional 3-strand nylon with
massively improved stowage factors and greatly reduced hockling. Yale
makes an 8-strand called Brait and includes splicing instructions on
their web site ( http://www.yalecordage.com/html/pleasure.html ).
