Boat Anchors for Winnipesaukee

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Shortstop

One idea I've been thinking about is marking my line somehow, so I know how much I have out. I have about 10' of chain then rope. As I release line with the windlass, it's really hard to tell how much I've let out by watching it. Sincie I know depth, it would be great if I could do a quick calc to determine the anchor line length based on the scope I'm going for, and simply release that much line. Instead it's often a guess, backup and look at angle, adjust,...
I've thought about possible colors or threads to mark my line, but not tried anything yet. Any ideas, that worked or didn't work (to avoid)?

I have not marked mine, but it I did, I'd use these: http://www.anchoring.com/anchor-rode-markers.html. 7 bucks is cheap enough.