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My boat is 61' and weighs 32 tons.
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Wow, that is a heavy boat!
Or is the tonage 32 instead of the
displacement...?
I have a combined
rode, but have never used the nylon portion.
(215' 5/16" G4 chain, spliced to 250' 3/4" 3 strand nylon)
In everyday
anchoring situations we get close enough to the beach or shore, to drop the hook in 10 to 15 feet of
water.
Even with a good
scope that only requires 75 to 100 feet of chain.
To use all 200 feet of chain ya are
anchoring in depths of 30 feet or so. Probably not snug or protected in if that far from shore.
(Talking island cruising here, NOT some extreme situations anchoring of a rock cliff in the
Azores..

)
Therefore, in eveyday anchoring ya never put the nylon in the water don't need a combined gypsy to haul the entire rode up.
The only reason I have 250 feet of nylon behind the chain is for
hurricane conditions, or deep anchoring of a that rock cliff in the
Azores, but never needed the nylon yet, hopefully I never will...