GHA
Well-known member
Bit more to it than that though, go too light and you're dancing round the anchorage in a breeze banging into everyone else, best to find the happy medium like everything on a boatPeople get hot under the collar about catenary and the need for weight, but the physics shows that, when you really want the catenary for shock absorption, the chain's pulled straight, just like a mixed or all rope rode, and having a bit of string in there provides the elasticity you want. Better yet, with a lighter rode, it's easy to put plenty out there. If it's too heavy, there's a temptation to put out less than might be ideal because of the trouble getting it back in.