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Tom Potter
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Initially Posted - 04/12/2006 :  07:42:21  Show Profile
I want to mark my anchor rode to assist me by letting me know how much rode I'm playing out. I know they sell the Anchor Rode markers in stores but I'm cheap. I bought a roll of orange vinyl [url="http://www.absolutehome.com/web/catalog/product_detail.aspx?pid=59524&cm_ven=Froogle&cm_cat=Hardware&cm_pla=Irwin&cm_ite=Irwin-Tools-59524&srccode=cii_14110944&cpncode=10-18650068-2"] construction tape[/url] for $1.50. My plan is cut 3" strips and mark the graduations with a sharpie and weave through the rode each 20'. My rode is 150' of nylon rope and 15' of chain. I want to put my first mark at 20'. My question is, should I start my count at the anchor shank and include the 15' of chain or start my count where the rope meets the chain and work from there?
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SailormanCGA72
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  09:10:16  Show Profile
It doesn't matter where you start your marking as long as you remember what you did. Personally, I would start counting at the shank and skip the first marker since it would only be 5 feet from the end of the chain.
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  09:16:51  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">"I know they sell the Anchor Rode markers in stores but I'm cheap. I bought a roll of orange vinyl construction tape..." (a.k.a. surveyors tape?)<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">Cheap is good! That tape might not hold up as well as the 'official yacht grade', but if you don't mind reapplying it every so often, who cares? And if you don't use your anchor a lot, it might last as long as you need it to anyway.<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">My question is, should I start my count at the anchor shank and include the 15' of chain or start my count where the rope meets the chain and work from there?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">If that rope and chain are more or less 'joined for life', or you are settled on that chain length, then include the chain length in your numbering scheme. Otherwise, I'd decide on an ideal chain length (say 25'), and factor that in when numbering.

Or, another way to look at it: If you're usually shooting for the same general scope (let's say 5:1), make your chain length that ratio times the distance from your cleat (or chock, or roller or whatever) to the waterline (5:1 x 5' = 25' in this example). Then number your rope from 0 at the chain, and skip factoring in bow height in all future scope calculations.

I wouldn't obsess about accuracy here. (Although maybe I just did.) Remember, scope recommendations are just that. Mostly you want to avoid paying out half as much, or twice as much, as you intended.

-- Leon Sisson
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 04/14/2006 :  05:31:41  Show Profile
I have tried something similar on my boat. I used cable ties woven through the anchor line at 25' intervals. I went one at 25', 2 of em at 50', up to four at 100' and then started over with one at 125. This solution seems rather "permanent" compared to the anchor markers that are over priced. I snipped off the excess of course, and they seem to go through the bow roller just fine. The advantage is that I can FEEL where I am even if I have to adjust it or anchor in the pitch black of night.

Similarly, I won't buy the "premade" printed markers for halyards and othe lines. I use white tape and a permanent marker.....

Just a thought or two......

Gary B.
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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 04/14/2006 :  05:33:28  Show Profile
I have tried something similar on my boat. I used cable ties woven through the anchor line at 25' intervals. I went one at 25', 2 of em at 50', up to four at 100' and then started over with one at 125. This solution seems rather "permanent" compared to the anchor markers that are over priced. I snipped off the excess of course, and they seem to go through the bow roller just fine. The advantage is that I can FEEL where I am even if I have to adjust it or anchor in the pitch black of night.

Similarly, I won't buy the "premade" printed markers for halyards and rope. I use white tape and a permanent marker.....

Just a thought or two......

Gary B.
s/v Encore! #685 SK/SR
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 04/14/2006 :  08:15:54  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
Gary B,

Good ideal on the zip ties! The smaller ones should slide through everything (including bare hands) without much risk of snagging. I seem to recall seeing them available in very bright colors as well.

-- Leon Sisson
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