Anchor Rehash -- New Anchor – Vulcan

Peter & Judy · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 2:07 pm Post subject:

I put red spray paint, about a 2 foot length, on my anchor chain. As I am raising the anchor I know to stop when I see the red painted chain. The anchor is then still below the waters surface. I can then clean the anchor and raise it slowly to avoid damage to the boat.

Pacificcoast101 · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:29 pm Post subject:

We use our boat for scuba diving, so we anchor twice every time we take the boat out. I drop the hook in sand along the edge of reefs and wrecks. My Bruce copy is perfect for that type of holding. I also replaced the rode I had used forever with all chain. Not only does the anchor never move but it makes it much easier to descend and ascend from a dive when the boat is nearly overhead.
If the windlass ever failed I could go back down and clip a liftbag to the anchor, making it easy to haul in by hand. I used to do that on my last boat without a windlass.
We use a different color set of plastic chain markers every five fathoms so I always know how much chain to play out and how close I am to retrieving the anchor.

hardee · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 12:50 pm Post subject:

Phil, Nice tip on the chain markers. Looks like they would go through the windlass ok. Do they?

This is the first time I have seen them mentioned here on the site. Where do you find them, [besides Amazon], if possible?

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

thataway · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:50 pm Post subject:

Where did you find the plastic link markers in 1/4" G4 caliper? All I found were 5/16" on up. We have been using both paint on the chain, and also colored zip ties on both the chain and rope rode.