I have found, through my own experience and other's, that an all chain windlass is more reliable then a chain/rope windlass. Also the splice in a chain/rope setup has always made me nervous. In my cruising area (North East), I have never needed more than 150ft of rode. By the way, if you select all chain, add a 20' length of rope at the bitter end, so that if you can't get your ground tackle off the bottom you can cut the line. Paul mv Serendipity NJ -----Original Message----- From: Shaun Sweeney [mailto:shaunsweeney@telus.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:31 PM To: trawler-world-list@samurai.com Subject: TWL: Re: All Chain Worth it? IMHO, you could reduce to 60' of chain and some good rope. It never ceases to amaze me how little energy of a bobbing boat gets to the anchor when a -snip-

>IMHO, you could reduce to 60' of chain and some good rope. It never ceases >to amaze me how little energy of a bobbing boat gets to the anchor when a >-snip- =========================================================== Paul--------there is only one rope on a boat and it ain't on the Anchor. . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain