Weight on rode: Kellet or Sentinel (but no, I've never actually used one)
Kedge: I use it as a verb, but ALSO use it as an anchor being used for the purpose of kedging. I use a fortress, because it is lightweight, easy to deploy by dinghy, stows away flat, and has tremendous holding power without needing to "reset" itself with changing current/wind in a kedging scenario. (Yes, I have kedged)
Rode: Everything between the boat and the anchor... chain, nylon, mixed... it's all part of the rode IMHO. I sometimes specify what rode I'm using (for example, "I've got 80 feet of chain out", or "Let out another 30 feet of nylon"... but it is all rode to me... otherwise there's no generic word for that concept, when you're referring to it without caring about its type.
Kedge: I use it as a verb, but ALSO use it as an anchor being used for the purpose of kedging. I use a fortress, because it is lightweight, easy to deploy by dinghy, stows away flat, and has tremendous holding power without needing to "reset" itself with changing current/wind in a kedging scenario. (Yes, I have kedged)
Rode: Everything between the boat and the anchor... chain, nylon, mixed... it's all part of the rode IMHO. I sometimes specify what rode I'm using (for example, "I've got 80 feet of chain out", or "Let out another 30 feet of nylon"... but it is all rode to me... otherwise there's no generic word for that concept, when you're referring to it without caring about its type.