>what are my options for measuring chain if the counter doesn't work out? We put a white wire tie on a chain link every ten feet. We do not trim the wire tie, but leave it full length so it's easy to see. We round the depth up to the nearest ten feet for figuring scope (we normally use 5:1). So if we're in 26 feet of water we simply multiply 30 times 5 for 150 feet of chain, and let out 15 wire ties "worth" of chain plus another ten feet or so. It's simple and we don't have to try to remember what color or color combination means what. We initially had painted links in our chain in three different colors but we found in practice that we didn't have any need to look at the chain and know how much we had out. The only thing we cared about was keeping track of how much we were letting out initially. Over time the paint wore off or got covered with mud, so we went to the wire-tie-every-ten-feet method and there has been no confusion since. ____________________ C. Marin Faure GB36-403 "La Perouse" Bellingham, Washington

i've never tried it thinking i would be able to see them... can you actually see them from a flybridge? personally, i find it easier to count 3 short stripe plus on long than having to spot and count 17 ticks. Maybe i have ADD :-) pascal miami, fl 70 hatteras 53 MY ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Marin Faure" <cmfaure@earthlink.net> To: <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:49 AM Subject: T&T: Re; chain counter > >what are my options for measuring chain if the counter doesn't work > out? > > We put a white wire tie on a chain link every ten feet. We do not > trim the wire tie, but leave it full length so it's easy to see. We > round the depth up to the nearest ten feet for figuring scope (we > normally use 5:1). So if we're in 26 feet of water we simply > multiply 30 times 5 for 150 feet of chain, and let out 15 wire ties > "worth" of chain plus another ten feet or so. It's simple and we > don't have to try to remember what color or color combination means > what. We initially had painted links in our chain in three different > colors but we found in practice that we didn't have any need to look > at the chain and know how much we had out. The only thing we cared > about was keeping track of how much we were letting out initially. > Over time the paint wore off or got covered with mud, so we went to > the wire-tie-every-ten-feet method and there has been no confusion > since. > > ____________________ > C. Marin Faure > GB36-403 "La Perouse" > Bellingham, Washington > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.