Posted by John Nichols on September 18, 2003 at 19:38:19 from 165.91.196.181 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Re: Marking anchor chain posted by Dan Ford on September 18, 2003 at 16:49:54:
Hence the name for Mark Twain, by the mark - twain or two lengths on the sounding rope. Usually it had cloth marks.