glennwhiskey
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What do you use to mark your anchor rode and what kind of marking?
We have all-chain rode.* We used paint originally but it was too much of a bother to remember the color code and the paint flaked off and got scuffed and muddy*and became harder and harder to see.*glennwhiskey wrote:
What do you use to mark your anchor rode and what kind of marking?
*As it was explained to us, a tie every ten feet is not because we're that critical about exact measurements, it's because it's really, really easy to do the math with 10 instead of 20 or 30 or*whatever.* You want eighty feet out, eight ties.* You want 150 feet out, fifteen ties.* Otherwise you have to start dividing by twenty or thirty or whatever interval you choose.markpierce wrote:
Wire ties sound promising although marking every ten feet sounds a bit anal...
glennwhiskey wrote:
What do you use to mark your anchor rode and what kind of marking?
*Knowing me, my hand/fingers would get caught up in the windlass mechanism, to my painful*loss.* No, I'll use spotlight or flashlight instead.Marin wrote:
And while we have yet to deploy the anchor in the dark, our friends tell us that it's easy to tell how much rode is going out even in pitch darkness by placing the palm of your hand on the chain as it comes off the windlass and feeling and counting*the wire ties as they go out.
*Right,, but you don't want to be multiplying, you want to be dividing.* So first you have to figure out the square root of your anchoring depth and then divide that by 4.356 times the total length of your rode and then count out that many*35 link sections of chain, adding an extra link every three sections.* Then you'll* know exactly how much rode you have out.markpierce wrote:
Okie dokie, Marin.* Still, multiplying is easy.
*Right,, but you don't want to be multiplying, you want to be dividing.* So first you have to figure out the square root of your anchoring depth and then divide that by 4.356 times the total length of your rode and then count out that many*35 link sections of chain, adding an extra link every three sections.* Then you'll* know exactly how much rode you have out.Marin wrote:markpierce wrote:
Okie dokie, Marin.* Still, multiplying is easy.
*Right,, but you don't want to be multiplying, you want to be dividing.* So first you have to figure out the square root of your anchoring depth and then divide that by 4.356 times the total length of your rode and then count out that many*35 link sections of chain, adding an extra link every three sections.* Then you'll* know exactly how much rode you have out.Marin wrote:markpierce wrote:
Okie dokie, Marin.* Still, multiplying is easy.
I can see how that could happen.* When we put the ties on our rode we fastened all of them to the*upper bar of links that are vertical in the wildcat and we keep the chain oriented that way.* So the ties actually never come in contact with the wildcat. Where the tails can come off eventually is in the pile of chain in the locker if one gets pinched between other parts of the chain and then gets snapped off when the link it's attached to is hauled up by the windlass.Jay N wrote:
When I have had an all chain rode, the wire ties didn't last very long because the wildcat would eventually cut them off.*
*We also have a Cruz Pro chain counter with windlass controller, but on our summer cruise the magnet died - after 6 years. I then worked out that the windlass deploys 20m of chain per minute. It's surprising how useful 20m of chain is in*these waters. 2 minutes worth for fishing and 1'30" worth for overnight anchoring in 5 to 7m of water.Peter B wrote:
I'm with Rochepoint and Benn. I bought a ~ $200 chain counter from Cruzpro, (yeah, another NZ co, but you can order them on line and they'll post it), and I installed it myself. Not a fancy auto in & out like Rochpont's but hey, it works, and it was satisfying to install, and I love it.* No more mucking about with ties, paint which wears off, or getting the count wrong because someone said something (loud) at the wrong time.* It also obviates the need for risky business getting her down or up at night. Just one tip. The magnets they supply die early - too puny, but you can get 10 x 10mm replacement magnets easy on line, and they do the job extremely well, just needs a bigger hole drilled in the side of the gypsy.* Oh, and yeah, there is a minimum order of ~ $15, so I've got enough spares to supply anyone who wants one - works out at ~ $1 each - beats the $50 they want for the 'replacement' magnet.
C'mon guys, get with the progress - it's easy - if I, a simple quack can fit one..... ok....watch it....on the other hand wasn't it a doc who built that beautiful riverboat...?
http://www.cruzpro.com/products.html#HEADINGB