After getting frustrated with my brait rode I continued my search and discovered a company in Canada called Nova Braid. They make an anchor specific double braid line called Nova Gold that has excellent strength, stretch and wear characteristics. I am now going on 6 years and could not be happier so wanted to report and potentially open up some more options as not a lot of folks know about this product..
Cajun Trading Co. in Nova Scotia sells it and will make it any length you want. It is very, very reasonably priced and holds up extremely well.
The Nova Braid NovaGold (LINK) double braid anchor line I use actually offers better elongation than does New England Ropes 3 Strand anchor line and also slightly better elongation than NER Mega Plait that I had previously used.
According to the manufacturers spec sheets, linked below, at a 30% working load the NovaGold double braid will stretch about 14%. At a 30% working load New England Ropes 3 Strand will stretch about 12.5% & Sampson 3 strand about 10%. So, the Novagold is actually more elastic, flakes better, has better abrasion resistance, does not hockle and thus takes up less space in the anchor locker. It also works very well in a windlass even though I don't use ours much.
Even NER Mega Plait, which I used our old boat, and did not like as much, does not beat the NovaGold double braid in either tensile strength or % elongation. Nova Gold is a double braid that actually performs tremendously well in both stretch and overall strength.
NER publishes a 20% working load stretch for Mega Plait of about 10.4%. At a 20% working load. NovaGold double braid offers a 12% stretch and the individual strands don't pull and pucker like Mega Plait did for me, which is the reason I disliked it so much.
NovaGold double braid also beats both NER 3 strand and Mega Plait, as well as other anchor rated lines, in tensile strength.
Here are the specs for 5/8" rodes - NovaGold beats them, and is less money:
------------------------------------Stretch @20%----- Tensile Strength
NER 3 Strand------------------------------------ 10%------------12,200
NER Mega Plait - 12 strand -------------------10%-----------10,000
NovaGold DB ------------------------------------12%-----------14,800
Yale Octo Brait - 8 strand ---------------------12%-----------12,200
Sampson 3 Strand ----------------------------- 10%-----------10,000
NovaGold can be purchased from Cajun Trading (LINK) and the price is amazingly affordable, was less than NER 3 Strand.
If you want to go three strand, NER and Samson, which Phil sells here are both good products. If you want to go one better for ease of use I can't recommend Novagold highly enough..
Cajun Trading Co. in Nova Scotia sells it and will make it any length you want. It is very, very reasonably priced and holds up extremely well.
The Nova Braid NovaGold (LINK) double braid anchor line I use actually offers better elongation than does New England Ropes 3 Strand anchor line and also slightly better elongation than NER Mega Plait that I had previously used.
According to the manufacturers spec sheets, linked below, at a 30% working load the NovaGold double braid will stretch about 14%. At a 30% working load New England Ropes 3 Strand will stretch about 12.5% & Sampson 3 strand about 10%. So, the Novagold is actually more elastic, flakes better, has better abrasion resistance, does not hockle and thus takes up less space in the anchor locker. It also works very well in a windlass even though I don't use ours much.
Even NER Mega Plait, which I used our old boat, and did not like as much, does not beat the NovaGold double braid in either tensile strength or % elongation. Nova Gold is a double braid that actually performs tremendously well in both stretch and overall strength.
NER publishes a 20% working load stretch for Mega Plait of about 10.4%. At a 20% working load. NovaGold double braid offers a 12% stretch and the individual strands don't pull and pucker like Mega Plait did for me, which is the reason I disliked it so much.
NovaGold double braid also beats both NER 3 strand and Mega Plait, as well as other anchor rated lines, in tensile strength.
Here are the specs for 5/8" rodes - NovaGold beats them, and is less money:
------------------------------------Stretch @20%----- Tensile Strength
NER 3 Strand------------------------------------ 10%------------12,200
NER Mega Plait - 12 strand -------------------10%-----------10,000
NovaGold DB ------------------------------------12%-----------14,800
Yale Octo Brait - 8 strand ---------------------12%-----------12,200
Sampson 3 Strand ----------------------------- 10%-----------10,000
NovaGold can be purchased from Cajun Trading (LINK) and the price is amazingly affordable, was less than NER 3 Strand.
If you want to go three strand, NER and Samson, which Phil sells here are both good products. If you want to go one better for ease of use I can't recommend Novagold highly enough..
