alan_d
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Use whatever colours you can obtain and will be able to remember. I use the rainbow - red, (no orange), yellow, green, blue, then black instead of indigo, then red and black stripes before the chain-warp splice at 60 metres.
Marking chain
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Bosun Higgs
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Mark every 10 metres. Traffic lights. Green for 10, yellow for 20 and red for 30
robertj
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wazza
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We painted on our chain every 5M..
Red
Yellow
Green
White
Then repeated it again, simple really the 3 rainbow colours and a 20 & 40M stop with white..
Red
Yellow
Green
White
Then repeated it again, simple really the 3 rainbow colours and a 20 & 40M stop with white..
Iain C
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Ah, I should have said, I was looking at going for the 3 markers/6 markers system as I thought it would be easy to miss one on its own...
Thanks for the input so far...as I thought...each to their own!
Bobc
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Iain
You're never going to have less than 15m out, so just stick red at 15m, green at 20m, and blue at 25m.
Simples!
You're never going to have less than 15m out, so just stick red at 15m, green at 20m, and blue at 25m.
Simples!
Iain C
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Bob
No one likes a smart arse...
.....good thinking though...dammit!
No one likes a smart arse...
.....good thinking though...dammit!
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Of course, soon this will be academic ...
Bobc
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Bob
No one likes a smart arse...
.....good thinking though...dammit!
Or you could do what I do, and just chuck it all out
Tidewaiter2
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KISS Principle or not?
We do the cable tie thing with the tails left on, with a bag of pound shop ties- (easily replaced) on a 30m span.
5m= 1xgreen(lying in in the mud and weed)
10m= 2xblue (hopefully afloat?)
15m= 3xblue (ditto)
20m= 4xblue (ditto)
25m= 5xyellow(running out of chain)
28m= 6xRED (make off NOW)
30m= 1xBlack large one last but one link- Oh dear-you've overdone it, you are at the bitter end rope, so stop!
Colour usually visible at night, but the no of tails is the memory aid
We do the cable tie thing with the tails left on, with a bag of pound shop ties- (easily replaced) on a 30m span.
5m= 1xgreen(lying in in the mud and weed)
10m= 2xblue (hopefully afloat?)
15m= 3xblue (ditto)
20m= 4xblue (ditto)
25m= 5xyellow(running out of chain)
28m= 6xRED (make off NOW)
30m= 1xBlack large one last but one link- Oh dear-you've overdone it, you are at the bitter end rope, so stop!
Colour usually visible at night, but the no of tails is the memory aid
DaveS
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Ok, I've spent a bit of time over the last few years trying to organise a chain counter. My last attempt at sticking magnets on to the gipsy resulted in rusty splodges that I removed today.
What are you using as your sensor?
DaveS
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robertj
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About 30m but seeing I was using the snooker colour system thought I would put in a little joshing about the maximum break in snooker which is a 147.
Lol
Bob
hlb
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Dead simple, one red mark for 10 M, two red marks for 20M and so on. Easy done with a bit of Hamerite. It lasts for ages.
vyv_cox
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That's our system but we use tie wraps. Anchoring about half the nights of the year we probably change around half of them per season.
richardsn9
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Reading through this thread, I am interested in why everyone seems to choose multiples of 5 ie 5, 10, 15, etc?
I normally work out my scope as 3:1 with the depth of water; I know this is not always the best in shallow water, but if I am not sure I always add some extra chain. Based on this, I mark my chain every three metres ie. 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 etc. Does this mean that most people use 5:1 rather than 3:1 in moderate depths?
I normally work out my scope as 3:1 with the depth of water; I know this is not always the best in shallow water, but if I am not sure I always add some extra chain. Based on this, I mark my chain every three metres ie. 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 etc. Does this mean that most people use 5:1 rather than 3:1 in moderate depths?
robertj
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Having put forward a colour scheme I do in fact use cable ties.
5x3m. 1x10m. 2x20m. 3x30m for the chain
bob
5x3m. 1x10m. 2x20m. 3x30m for the chain
bob
Tidewaiter2
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We tend to use the 5, 10 and 15 contours to anchor or dry out on- depending on areas tidal range, hence our count.
RichardS
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My understanding is that the normally accepted minimum of 3:1 is only valid if you add the depth of water to the height of the bow roller above the water, which is heading towards another two metres in my case.
Rather than mess about, I always err on the positive side and use a minimum of 5:1 of water depth whenever possible.
Richard
vyv_cox
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I use a variety of scopes according to weather, shelter, surrounding boats, etc. however, most of our anchoring is stern-to in Greece, where the length of chain rarely has much to do with the depth of water. We need to have a very good idea how much is out as we approach the quay as I have been known to drop the anchor too far out and run out before we reach it!