Marked my new Anchor Rode

[HeaveToo]

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.

[NateD]

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.