Looking for the best way to mark anchor rodes as to feet paid out. Could mark it by water depth; but that requires too much thought for cases of other than 7:1 scope. Could mark it by rode length; but again there’s maths involved (though not much if you have a good marking system).
BTW I have no proper windlass, only a standard (vertical) self-tailing winch on the foredeck; so the ‘option’ of just letting out rode till the next 30-ft marker might mean up to 25 ft more rode to haul in hand-over-hand.
My big question is: how does one make custom markers that don’t wash or fade away too soon? The commercially-available preprinted ones come in only 30-ft increments, or about 4-5 ft of water depth, which is way too wide for my sailing areas. I’d like to have them marked at more like 15-ft increments; and I don’t need any over 210 ft like the kits come.
How’s everyone else solved this matter?
Thanks, all.
BTW I have no proper windlass, only a standard (vertical) self-tailing winch on the foredeck; so the ‘option’ of just letting out rode till the next 30-ft marker might mean up to 25 ft more rode to haul in hand-over-hand.
My big question is: how does one make custom markers that don’t wash or fade away too soon? The commercially-available preprinted ones come in only 30-ft increments, or about 4-5 ft of water depth, which is way too wide for my sailing areas. I’d like to have them marked at more like 15-ft increments; and I don’t need any over 210 ft like the kits come.
How’s everyone else solved this matter?
Thanks, all.