sirgallivant said..
Yes, but the answer is not that simple. (you speak Dutch?)
Nope. Just watch and understand 
And no storm sailing for me.
I am not going to argue with you, the Germans made braking strength tests and this was one of the results.
The dudes name is Egmont Manfred Friedel
www.emf-marine.de
He states, the tested braking strength of a seized loop ( two seizing, one behind the other, 1mm whipping twine) in 8mm double braid polyester rope equals 628kg or 40% of the 8mm rope.
I seldom write about something before researching the subject.
As far as storm sailing is concerned, BJR, I hope you don't have to eat your own words in a while. 
Select to expand quotesirgallivant said..
I am not going to argue with you, the Germans made braking strength tests and this was one of the results.
The dudes name is Egmont Manfred Friedel
www.emf-marine.de
He states, the tested braking strength of a seized loop ( two seizing, one behind the other, 1mm whipping twine) in 8mm double braid polyester rope equals 628kg or 40% of the 8mm rope.
I seldom write about something before researching the subject.
As far as storm sailing is concerned, BJR, I hope you don't have to eat your own words in a while.
Surely 600kg would be plenty for a 26ft boat on a lake?
I also hope I don't eat my own words.
One thing working outside for over 35 years, surfing from the age of 13 and kayaking for the past 17 years has taught me, is how to read the weather and to check weather updates regularly.
So hopefully reducing my chances of getting caught out.
If it's good enough for a 70m tallship, the James Craig, its good enough for my little 8m.
All ready to go.
Thanks Phoenix and everyone.
8mm DB with raking seizing and a soft shackle.
That is sensible for an 8 meter boat. Much more sensible than a 12mm 'hawser' you had.
I would prefer an alpine butterfly knot instead of the seizing.
In my opinion, the seizing puts too much shear load on the double braid line. The butterfly knot is distributing the load more evenly and it is much easier to tie.
