shot markers

[captjohn360]

does anyone know where to find those little colored inserts for marking chain?....jt

[Nausikaa]

Hi,

Can't help you in yur quest to find shot markers but I use coloured cable ties. Simple, cheap, don't rust and available almost everywhere.

Aye,

Stephen

Yacht NAUSIKAA

[Brett de Villiers]

Check out this link of Budget Marine, http://budgetmarine.com/Catalogue_2007/27.html

They are called Chain Rainbow markers.

There head office is in St Maarten.

Good luck

Brett

[Jack Tyler]

Or you can use colored wire ties (found at e.g. Home Depot and Lowes). We use the theme 'Red - White - Blue' and double/triple the # of each color as they are repeated. You can feel the tail of a wire tie - stickout out from the chain's link - in the dark if you allow your hand to ride lightly along the chain's surface.

Jack

[Gallivanters]

Aye bought and inserted several colored sets of these markers into our new anchor chain a year or two ago.

Since then, the only time I've taken notice of them is when they're laying around on my deck after weighing anchor.

Personally, I do not think they're worth the effort.

But if you're really hard set on getting some of these hard to come by anchor chain marker inserts - I'll gladly sell you the rest of our's, for half price, plus shipping. But please hurry - I'm loosing them pretty quickly and they'll all be gone before the end of the season.

Kirk