I just purchased a new anchor rode for my Compac 23. I went through Cajun Lines and I bought 100 feet of 1/2" nylon rode. It will be combined with my 1/4" chain at 30 feet.
To avoid the huge, long drawn, knock out drag out anchor war, I won't post my anchor type.
So I was left with trying to figure out how to mark my anchor rode. I have been using three strand for years and I marked it with a product from West Marine. Since I couldn't really use those I decided to get some green whipping twine to mark my rode.
My system was to start with one green whip at 30 feet. I did write on it with permanent marker and put 30 on it. I put two whips at 60 feet and wrote on it as well. Finally I put three whips at 90 feet.
The green whips stand out on a white rode. They are also a place that you can feel in the darkness, which I like. It also shouldn't get hung up on stuff.
We shall see how this works.
Quote from: HeaveToo on January 15, 2016, 01:27:45 PM
I did write on it with permanent marker and put 30 on it.
I tried just using permanent marker to make stripes across the rode at various intervals and the marker ended up "running", kind of spreading down the rode for .5-1" or so once I started using it. Not the end of the world, but it wasn't as slick as I thought it was going to be.