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PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nylon degrades in sunlight, over time. Dacron, aka polyester, webbing does not degrade near as fast.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Dave, Good Point. Thumbs Up Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 3:35 pm    Post subject: anchor rode Reply with quote

I take short pieces of blue steel crab line cut about 4 inches long and insert it through the rope at 50' intervals easy to see and very durable.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use color coded tie wraps- the very small ones. Red every 100 feet and yellow every 25. I put them through the rode. E.g. 1 red and 2 yellows means 150 feet.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Today I had some help and we tried a couple of things. The first one was to "sew" colored carpet thread, nylon, through the 3 strand. Turned out my rode is to stiff, maybe to old and stiff to sew through. Next trick was wrapping with "Rescue tape". It goes on well, and the colored (I used red) showed up OK.. The white, not so good and I could not see it making the corner over the roller or dropping into the pipe as it came over the gypsy. The tape looked like it might be a good trick EXCEPT that on inspection after a couple of passes, it showed where it had "cut holes" where the teeth from the gypsy had cut the tape. BUMMER.

I did notice that there are still marks on the line from where I had marked it with red "Sharpie Permanent marker" a couple of years ago. I do have the little flag tags from West Marine that I had put on with zip ties, and they look like they are holding OK.

I think I am going to look for some white Dacron webbing, that I can mark with a Sharpie and try that. for a season.

Brooks, thanks for the help, and if I ever get all this done, maybe we can try a single handing outing yet.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought a small tin of marine blue paint that matches my blue stripe. I use it for touching up any scuff marks that we accumulate from time to time.
Back to the thread: I only have 35' of chain. I painted a bar on the rode for every 50'. Two bars for 100', three bars for 150' etc. I did this three years ago and those bars are as sharp today as when I first painted them on.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I recently bought some of that marking tape from Home Depot, the 1" wide vinyl or equivalent, used for marking off areas. Bought several different colors, using red every 100', yellow every 20' and green every 50'. I have 8 plait rode, and ran the tape thru the strands and then around the rode. So far seems to be working out ok. Earlier I had tried zip ties, but grab around one while grabbing the rode, and ouch. Colby
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And I thought my system was a no-brainer! I paint a bar on rode or chain. One bar 50ft, two bars 100ft, three bars 150ft.................you get the picture.
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And I thought my system was a no-brainer! I paint a bar on rode or chain. One bar 50ft, two bars 100ft, three bars 150ft.................you get the picture.
Martin.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just make marks on the rode with permanent markers, red and black.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I tried the permanent markers. They weren't so permanent. Sad (The ink ran and faded.) So far I like my ribbon system. Just wondering how long it will hold up. Colby
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The webbed barricade tape shoved thru the strands at select intervals works well. I used some strap from an old ratchet tie down device to mark my rode in two places; once on the chain a few feet before the anchor reaches the bow roller on the way up and another on the rope about 50' from the bitter end so I know when to stop on the way down.

I have a line counter on the windlass which is fairly accurate so I do not need to mark of the entire length of the rode. The counter ticks off revolutions of the gypsy. The only problem with that is I won't catch any fish unless the windlass is stopped with the counter showing a number divisible by 5. My luckiest is 125 but 100 or 150 works too. Don't ask me why - my granddaughter says it is some kind of disease.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

colbysmith wrote:
I tried the permanent markers. They weren't so permanent. Sad (The ink ran and faded.) So far I like my ribbon system. Just wondering how long it will hold up. Colby


Yes, the ink runs a little bit (seems to have an affinity for nylon). But my marks are still quite legible.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went to a system where both chain and rode is color code painted every 25’. Each color is about 12” so it’s very easy to see, particularly when free falling the anchor. 25’-Red, 50’-White, 75’-Blue. At 100’ Red signifies hundreds of feet so 100’- Red, Black, Red. 125’- Red, Red, Red. 150’- Red, White, Red. 175’- Red, Blue, Red. And so on... Blue signifies two hundreds with the Red, White, Blue at 25’ intervals. I also have a warning mark so not surprised by the anchor. Besides, it’s patriotic. Ken
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ken, I love your color codes but cannot figure your repetition logic.

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