Posted by Jon on September 18, 2003 at 17:20:39 from 64.63.221.163 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Marking anchor chain posted by Dan Ford on September 18, 2003 at 16:49:54:
IIRC Knight's Modern Seamanship (no relation, AFAIK to Knight of On Sailing) had the appropriate markings, which included yarn, leather, and other such bits at specified intervals, the idea being that you'd be able to tell by feel where you were on the chain. I have seen the markings published, but I'm not sure which of my fathers' and my various sailing/seamanship books had them.