Floating line for anchor warp?

[lw395]

Under stress it also melts from the inside. Not a good material if you want safety. Also appalling chafe resistance. If you are using your kedge to more bows to a quay, then you do not want to have ANY stretch in the line at all, otherwise you will be bashing the stone quay with your bows on every gust of wind - not good! Get proper non stretch anchor plait for ease of handling and stowage. For a kedge, I repeat - non stretch line is essential.

Anchorplait is normally nylon and quite stretchy.

 

[stu9000]

Like some of the other posts here I have had the joyous 3am experience of a slack tide keel hooking the rope which then leads to all kinds of problems and leaping about in the dark in your PJs.

The worst one was when the anchor dragged while I was asleep, then reset, the boat was driven into an ancient steel barge bow first, hard enough to make my head hit the galley while asleep! Scared the bejesus out of me. Thank gawd I hit the barge rather than something expensive or vulnerable.

I certainly can relate to your desire to use what you have available rather than spend £££ but this one aint worth it.

 

[Chris_Robb]

Anchorplait is normally nylon and quite stretchy.

Not so, I have an anchor platt on my kedge - it has a black thread (I think) running through. It is certainly not stretchy like nylon which I have as a main anchor snubber.

 

[vyv_cox]

Anchorplait is normally nylon and quite stretchy.

+1 My 16 mm anchorplait kedge warp stretches like crazy, very visibly when we lie to two anchors in a V.