Chain & Catenary: Challenging a Maritime Myth


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Dick
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Hi all,
I write periodically on ground tackle effectiveness and contributing factors. The attached article is one of those. As always, I invite questions and comments.
Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy
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Hi Dick
Agreed we should have had much longer nylon in the Alligator River.
The nylon I used was just to take load off the windlass. Until that experience I believed the myth about chain catenary

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