Octoplait Nylon anchor warp

[GeorgeTina]

I am using Octoplait Nylon warp spliced to chain for anchoring. There have been no problems with this set up so far. How long do you think the Octoplait Nylon will last (ignoring chaffing). Does this type of warp have a "life" after which it advisable to replace it. Being stored in the anchor locker it is not subject to UV.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Glad you are going to ignore chaffing, as this is a technique used in dough making!

Chafing, on the other hand is a problem with warps that you want to exclude from the conversation. Understood.

We used anchor plait for many years, and it suffered almost no uv degradation or showed any other side effects. If it is either in the locker or under water it may last almost forever. 10?, 20? Who knows. I would have thought you would have changed the boat before you need to worry about it.

 

[TimBennet]

About 10 years ago, I tested a metre length of three strand 11mm nylon, cut from the end of a Marlow No4 hawser laid climbing rope that had been in our family since 1956.

My father bought the rope and used it extensively in the 50's and then with all the family in the 60's. I then climbed on it constantly whilst at university in the 70's before replacing it.

The original rope then lay unloved in a barn through the 80's before finding a new role shackled to the end of 40m of chain on our 30ft cruising boat for an extended cruise in the Caribbean and up the eastern seaboard of the USA, including Hurricane Hugo.

It then again lay all salty, sandy and neglected in a barn before I tested it out of interest in about 2001. All its measurable characteristics (stretch and ultimate breaking strength) were in excess of its original quoted specification.

Sunlight apart, nylon is pretty durable stuff!

 

[GeorgeTina]

Thanks

Thanks for the replies. I'll stop worrying.

 

[guernseyman]

Mine is over twenty years old and in good nick except for the splice which was beginning to worry me as it had corroded solid.

I cut it out and re-spliced it, then dissected the splice. The corrosion was superficial. I think the chain would have been good for another 20 years, but at least I'm not worried.

 

[Seajet]

A good soak & rinse in fresh water now & again to hopefully get rid of any abrasive salt crystals is a good idea.

 

[vyv_cox]

Reinforcing the words of others, I have used the same piece of nylon doublebraid as a snubber for more than 20 years. It continues to work perfectly well, in use most nights for six months every year. It runs through a short length of pvc tubing which is positioned over the bow roller to prevent chafing against the cheeks.