Oldersalt
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2016
- Messages
- 204
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Pacific Star
- Vessel Make
- 1990 Grand Banks 32 #834
Greetings!
For the unusual fore-and-aft mooring system at Angel Island in S.F Bay I needed to buy 2 long lengths of mooring line. Trying to save a little money, I bought 2 200 foot lengths of economy 3/8" nylon 3-strand. It was terrible to use! No matter how carefully I tried to coil it and keep it untwisted, it would twist up and form hockles every few feet. I think I know how to coil rope and keep it untwisted as you go, but this stuff seemed to twist up no matter what I did. When I needed to use it, the hockles would make it tough to deploy, hanging up around a block or cleat etc. all the time. That rope has now been exiled to the local marine consignment store. But I still want to get an overnight mooring at Angel, so I need some new long mooring lines.
So, next time, what kind of rope should I buy that has the least tendency to twist up?
Thanks in advance,
Oldersalt
"Everything on your boat is broken. You just don't know it yet."
For the unusual fore-and-aft mooring system at Angel Island in S.F Bay I needed to buy 2 long lengths of mooring line. Trying to save a little money, I bought 2 200 foot lengths of economy 3/8" nylon 3-strand. It was terrible to use! No matter how carefully I tried to coil it and keep it untwisted, it would twist up and form hockles every few feet. I think I know how to coil rope and keep it untwisted as you go, but this stuff seemed to twist up no matter what I did. When I needed to use it, the hockles would make it tough to deploy, hanging up around a block or cleat etc. all the time. That rope has now been exiled to the local marine consignment store. But I still want to get an overnight mooring at Angel, so I need some new long mooring lines.
So, next time, what kind of rope should I buy that has the least tendency to twist up?
Thanks in advance,
Oldersalt
"Everything on your boat is broken. You just don't know it yet."