SNUBBED FOR HIGH WINDS

It all started with a steel chain hook. Steel because the hardware store in Sag Harbor did not have a galvanized hook. The hook tied to the middle of thirty feet of three strand nylon worked great until the hook rusted so badly it had to be discarded.

Next was a galvanized hook. That worked all of one night in Cocoa. Why it wore through the line is anyone's guess, but at anchor up the next morning the snubber was in two pieces, each piece hanging limp from a bow cleat.

So now, a simple rolling hitch tied to the anchor chain.

(The Captain of Cat's Paw would be proud of me for returning to simple.)