Double-Braided Nylon Dock Lines, 1/2 in x 15 ft, 4-Pack

Dock lines are the cheapest piece of safety equipment on a boat and the one most often bought at a hardware store instead of a chandlery. Double-braided nylon stretches under load, which is the point — it absorbs the surge that a stiff polypropylene line transmits straight into a cleat. Four lines is the correct number for a proper spring-line setup, and the spliced eyes save tying a bowline in the dark. At 4.8 across three thousand buyers it is the best-rated item in this collection. Half-inch suits boats to about thirty feet.

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