Observed a heavy bronze jib sheet block that was in a state. Going forward with a hammer to beat on it to coax the bearing pin back into place when we noticed that the line was somewhat worse for wear. Chafe is damage caused by rubbing and as you might imagine with all of the motion and commotion on a vessel there is lots of potential. You have to guard against and inspect anything that has repetitive movement.
This bit of rope is beyond chafe and I was fearful of sitting next to the associated  winch grinder when it was loaded. There is considerable force created by the very large sail that it is sheeting in. The tail end would recoil into the cockpit had it parted.

Specification: 9/16″ (14mm) double braid polyester with a 2.4% stretch @ 15% breaking strength of 11,000 lbs.

The entire length will be replaced.