Does anybody have knowledge or experience with yale's new nylon line "Brait". The ads show much less storage space needed and is "the new standard" in anchoring rode. It time to replce my 3 strand rode and I am considering this. Not even sure of the cost vs. traditional 3 strand nylon. Thanks. Bob.
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Love It!
We bought the 3/8" x 200' and have used it all season. Soft and easy on the hands. Flakes in the locker easily. Tangles more or less just shake out. Not inexpensive, but worth every penny. Yale claims it has more stretch than 3-strand. http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/browse.htm?id=818&step=2
We bought the 3/8" x 200' and have used it all season. Soft and easy on the hands. Flakes in the locker easily. Tangles more or less just shake out. Not inexpensive, but worth every penny. Yale claims it has more stretch than 3-strand. http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/browse.htm?id=818&step=2
I've been using braided nylon with my anchor for years. I hate 3 strand nylon, won't have it on the boat. Braided nylon is much easier to handle and still has the shock loading ability of nylon that is needed for anchoring. I also use braided nylon for my dock lines.
Okay, I got a question here
Bob: Are we talking braid or brait? I have never heard of brait. Was that a typo, or is there really a rope called brait?
Bob: Are we talking braid or brait? I have never heard of brait. Was that a typo, or is there really a rope called brait?
Brait, not braid...
JC, check out the Yale Cordage website. Those of us who've chosen twisted (laid) line in the past for its stretch and shock absorbancy over braided lines, at the expense of soft handling, don't have to do that any more. Now those of us with soft hands from keyboarding all day don't have to give up the stretch. This is the sweetest line I've ever handled.
JC, check out the Yale Cordage website. Those of us who've chosen twisted (laid) line in the past for its stretch and shock absorbancy over braided lines, at the expense of soft handling, don't have to do that any more. Now those of us with soft hands from keyboarding all day don't have to give up the stretch. This is the sweetest line I've ever handled.
I've been using 8-Plait (same as Brait) for 4 year
now and I am very happy with it for my Anchor rode. Very superior to 3 strand in my windlass . 3 strand used to hockle terribly ! This is NOT to be confused with Nylon Braid In Fact Maxwell Windlass recommends 8-Plait over 3 strand for thier windlass's for that very same reason. http://www.maxwellmarine.com/gen_freedom.php?sub=dimensions Link Here to information on the yale 8-Plait http://www.yalecordage.com/html/pdf/pleasure_marine/low2/5.pdf
now and I am very happy with it for my Anchor rode. Very superior to 3 strand in my windlass . 3 strand used to hockle terribly ! This is NOT to be confused with Nylon Braid In Fact Maxwell Windlass recommends 8-Plait over 3 strand for thier windlass's for that very same reason. http://www.maxwellmarine.com/gen_freedom.php?sub=dimensions Link Here to information on the yale 8-Plait http://www.yalecordage.com/html/pdf/pleasure_marine/low2/5.pdf
Brait is tradename for Plaited'
"Brait" Yale Cordage's brand name for an 8-Strand "Plaited" rope. Plaited ropes contain an even number of strands (usually 8 or 12 strand), usually paired and braided. Equal numbers of strands are laid in opposite directions (*1- "Z" & "S"), and are interlocked (braided). Plated ropes are torque-free (torque balanced). Because of this interlocking of strands, in opposite dirtections, plaited ropes do not twist, unlay, nor hockle. This is beneficial, because anchored or moored boats often twist & turn with normal sea-keeping motion, leading to formation of hockles in 3-Strand cable laid rope. Loading is un-evenly distributed in 3-strand ropes. At times, a single strand may bear most of the load, causing rapid deterioration of the rope. In plaited ropes, loads are distributed evenly over all the strands. Splices form a weak point in 3-strand rope (*2), but not in plaited rope. *1. In a right-laid rope, the completed rope is twisted in the normal fashion, that is, twisted in a counter-clockwise direction. This manner of laying is also referred to as "Z-lay". On the other hand, a left-laid rope is twisted in a clockwise direction. Left-lay is referred to as "S-lay". *2. Three-strand break tests have shown that end-to-end splices fail or the rope breaks at the splice (before the rope breaks); whereas plaited rope tests indicate failure of the rope itself.
"Brait" Yale Cordage's brand name for an 8-Strand "Plaited" rope. Plaited ropes contain an even number of strands (usually 8 or 12 strand), usually paired and braided. Equal numbers of strands are laid in opposite directions (*1- "Z" & "S"), and are interlocked (braided). Plated ropes are torque-free (torque balanced). Because of this interlocking of strands, in opposite dirtections, plaited ropes do not twist, unlay, nor hockle. This is beneficial, because anchored or moored boats often twist & turn with normal sea-keeping motion, leading to formation of hockles in 3-Strand cable laid rope. Loading is un-evenly distributed in 3-strand ropes. At times, a single strand may bear most of the load, causing rapid deterioration of the rope. In plaited ropes, loads are distributed evenly over all the strands. Splices form a weak point in 3-strand rope (*2), but not in plaited rope. *1. In a right-laid rope, the completed rope is twisted in the normal fashion, that is, twisted in a counter-clockwise direction. This manner of laying is also referred to as "Z-lay". On the other hand, a left-laid rope is twisted in a clockwise direction. Left-lay is referred to as "S-lay". *2. Three-strand break tests have shown that end-to-end splices fail or the rope breaks at the splice (before the rope breaks); whereas plaited rope tests indicate failure of the rope itself.
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