Sailfish Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Does anyone mark their anchor rope? I normally let out 10 metres of rope for every 10 feet of water. I mark my rope in binary using insulation tape every 10 metres with yellow=1 and black=0 Redone today, it lasts about 5 seasons. Interested in other ideas GPSguru, daio web and Andy135 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejollysinker Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Blimey, I’m confused to hell 🤣 My old man made me do computer studies at school in the early eighties and I was bloody hopeless at it….and binary 🤷♂️ looks pretty though 😜 if I did mark my rope I’d probably just count every mark as it went out tbh 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 I don't mark anchor rode. I just let out enough to make a 45deg angle. Then it'll sit nicely. if I was to mark it, I'd probably do ever 20m or I'd loose count. JDP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 On my old boat I used red black snd green paint every 10ft, different colour each time so was easy to tel how much rode was out. donr borher now, don’t tend to anchor much these days Sailfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I used black marker pen on white rope. One mark every 10m and just counted them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) On 6/17/2023 at 4:18 PM, Sailfish said: Does anyone mark their anchor rope? I normally let out 10 metres of rope for every 10 feet of water. I mark my rope in binary using insulation tape every 10 metres with yellow=1 and black=0 Redone today, it lasts about 5 seasons. Interested in other ideas Yes, my system is identical and the 10ft/10m rule is perfect for 3:1. I have my 200m of rode marked with red heatshrink, each marked from 1 to 20 in black permanent marker. Edited June 19, 2023 by GPSguru Sailfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 I have 80m and let the whole lot out - im usually in no more than 70ft water, if i need more i have another 70m on the other end (150m total, tied off in the middle ish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 i just mark the last bit of chain about 2 mts from the end so i know when to slow down to stop it damaging the boat about 150 mts of rope 15 mts of chain JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 6 hours ago, mike farrants said: I have 80m and let the whole lot out - im usually in no more than 70ft water, if i need more i have another 70m on the other end (150m total, tied off in the middle ish) You are using two different units of measurement, no wonder all the stuff that Screwfix sell is fucked Geoff, Faugh, mike farrants and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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