Half Price Rope at Defender: New England Ropes 8-Plait, $0.74 a foot for 1/2"

I just bought a bunch, figured I'd share here if anyone is looking. This is half price, a little less ($1.59 at West Marine, $1.44 at others).


I bought a 20' piece, and two 300' pieces. Free shipping, tax, $490 total, comes this week. Can't beat that! I even considered buying more just to have it (rope hoarding?) but still have plenty of 3-strand that would resent me.




From a NER pdf:

HI Dave, I have followed all of your posts. You seem to be very remarkale person...

But I would like to share with you my experiance with the 8-Plait rope.
I bought the Lewmar V700 winch to replace the original 2005 Lewmar winch for my trip to Alaska from Anacortes, WA.
a 2200 plus mile adventure I was looking forward to try and enjoy.
I researched rope ( not your quality of searching ) and settled on the 8-Plait rope.
It was quoted as a better choice for softness and better to lay into the anchor locker.
I read some people on this sites had problems with it and many did not.
I do not know if they where using Lewmar V700 or the Proseries, which might of made a different out come.
I did not have a problem launching my anchor, but tring to retrieve it was a nightmare.
The rope would catch in the gears and stop the winch. this would happen anywhere from 1 to 5 feet of pull.
Luckily I had installed foot switches at the bow and was able to reverse direction to untangle it and attempted to start again which was not always successful either. I made numerous trips into the cabin and anchor locker to check to see if the rope was laying properly as if this might be the problem.
I finally gave up anchoring and continued on to Wrangle, AK. where I discovered the Lonestar drum winch
I had the boat pulled and Lonestar drum winch installed and never had another problem and a much more enjoyable trip....Dennis