Anchor Rode - resources for cruising sailors

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What ground tackle do you use?

[Site]

Personal Website

Anchor, rode, and accessory recommendations for the smaller cruiser from a circumnavigator.

[Atom Voyages, USA]
- Anchoring gear selection

Anchor and Rode

[Site]

Personal resource list By Bill Dietrich

Brief grab bag of facts and commentary to help choose anchor rode for your sailboat. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.

[Bill Dietrich, USA]
- Thoughts about anchors and rodes

Note: For additional How-To resources regarding anchor rode, see the separate topic Anchoring Skills.

Anchor Rodes

[Site]

By Alain Hylas

Anchor chair or rope, length of each, types of rope to use with chain, connections between anchor, chain and rope - all are discussed by the inventor of the Spade anchor.

[Blue Moment, USA]
- All about a sailboat's anchor rode

Chafe Protection

[Article]

Thorough Overview By Richard de Grasse

More ways (and reasons) than most sailors have thought of to reduce chafe in your ground tackle, running and standing rigging, engine and plumbing hoses, electrical cables, dinghy towing line, deck canvas and other points of movement.

[Ocean Navigator, May 2000]
- Read the article (fee $5 a year)
- Order the back issue

Anti-prop Stop Reminders

[Article]

Brief How-To By Lin and Larry Pardey
Anti-prop Stop Reminders

Tips for not getting a stern anchor rode in your propeller and, if you should, getting it out.

[landlpardey.com, March 2001]
- Fouling your propeller with your own anchor line

Mooring Pennants for Severe Weather

[Offline]

Detailed How-To

Twin mooring pennants with good chafing gear will abrade in a storm. A different pennant system, properly-placed mooring cleats, waterproofed Nylon, and loose-fitting chafing gear will help. 3 pages with diagrams.

[Sail Magazine, September 2000]
- Order the Sail Magazine back issue

Readable Depth Marks on an Anchor Chain

[Site]

Manufacturer By Andina Foster
Readable Depth Marks on an Anchor Chain

A system for indicating the length of anchor chain you have out without having to keep count. Requires only 3 colors and is very easy to memorize. Includes instructions for painting your boat′s chain.

[Yandina Ltd., Beaufort, SC, USA]
- Know how much chain your boat has out

Cruising Innovations - anchor chain stowage

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On-line publisher By Sue and Larry
Cruising Innovations - anchor chain stowage

Some thoughtful yet simple ideas for stowing anchor chain, creating a gimbaled companionway seat, knowing when your boat′s fridge is not functioning properly, and creating an inexpensive rubrail.

[Sail Jazz, Mount Pleasant, SC, USA]
- Anchor rode stowage

How to make a Warp-to-Chain Splice

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By Alain Hylas

An eyesplice to an anchor chain link cuts the rode′s strength in half at that point. Better to splice the chain and rope, using this well-illustrated step-by-step instructions.

[Blue Moment, USA]
- Visit the page

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