caltexflanc
Guru
You can find out the working load, capacity and stretch statistics of various sizes and designs and material of lines if you want to get all pedantic and paranoid about it. I use three strand nylon sized as if it was going to be anchor line, since under bad conditions, that's what it will be. Even on a double bridle, the boat will lay to one line or the other much of the time, and more so depending on boat design, and wind vs swell vs current. I went with about 25 feet myself. Everything went hunky dory in sustained 45knt, plus an hour or so at 60+ with gusts to 80 from a microcell.
I like all chain for a wide variety of reasons, ergo, I snub.
If you are a fair weather anchorer do whatever you like. The rodes on my 13' Whaler are chain/rope combos.
I like all chain for a wide variety of reasons, ergo, I snub.
If you are a fair weather anchorer do whatever you like. The rodes on my 13' Whaler are chain/rope combos.