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That is what I did with similar chain and line. Worked for me. I would
recommend serving the eye in the splice to avoid chafing the line.
Philip
At 12:30 PM 1/7/2008, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>The bottom line is: I have 90 meters (300 feet) of the double braid from a
>prior yacht that was used as an anchor rode and I liked it. I suppose I
>could cut off the eye splice with thimble, and put a small eye splice
>without a thimble in the end and through the last chain link - but I
>haven't seen anyone recommend that or heard from anyone that uses that
>attachment. I'm spending the Summer in Alaska this year with 4 - 6 meter
>(12 - 20 foot) tides and deep anchorages. I feel as though I should have
>the extra scope.
>
>TA
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: daveskolnick <<mailto:dskolnick%40gmail.com>>
>To: <mailto:world-cruising%40yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Monday, January 7, 2008 5:08:52 AM
>Subject: [world-cruising] Re: Anchor rode attachment
>
>--- In world-cruising@ yahoogroups. com, 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.yalecord>http://www.yalecord age.com/html/
>pleasure. html ).
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