Marking Brait Anchor Rode

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catalinapilot
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Marking Brait Anchor Rode

Finally got around to replacing the nylon 3 strand rode with 8 ply brait. Tired of all the hockles ( wonderful word ! ) Not that standard rode markers will work on brait .

Plastic Wire ties would probably survive one trip through the windlass gypsy - so wondering how the rodes are marked?

Bruce
Southern Comfort #1881
Tall rig, Wing Keel
Chesapeake Bay

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I have always used black magic marker, the permanent kind. I make a heavy mark about an inch wide all around the rode. I refresh the marks every spring, usually while swapping the rode end for end. I mark it every 25 ft, one mark for 25, two marks for 50, etc. In the Chesapeake, I rarely have more than 75 feet out. I've found that I can see the marks even on a moonless night. It's the only thing I've tried that survives the windlass.

Gary and Cathy Price
1997 C36 Mk II Tall Rig/Wing Keel Imagine...
Hull # 1617
Worton Creek, Md.
Northern Chesapeake Bay

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I use a black marker also.
I set 2 black bands around the rode at the 75 ft mark, then I try to always anchor in from 10 to 15 feet of water.

Pretty simple.

In a blow I let out a little more and I know I'm set.

Bill Matley
Duncan Bay Boat Club
Cheboygan, Michigan
Lakes Huron, Michigan,
Canadian North Channel
"Spirit of Aloha" Hull #1252

catalinapilot
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Black Marker it is --- Thank you much. Sometimes the simple answers is the best.

Bruce
Southern Comfort #1881
Tall rig, Wing Keel
Chesapeake Bay

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