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Coloured inserts work well for us

Have heard some people find that they fall out but I think that’s due to incorrect sizing

I’ve got four of each colour in at 30, 40, 50m etc. put two one way and two the other.

On the inside of my anchor well lid I’ve written with a marker the following

Green 30

Yellow 40

Red 50

Blue 60

Green/ Yellow 70

Red Blue 80

And so on, where I’ve go two colours I’ve gone three of each

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Not that it matters to anyone else, but because I have electronic colour code numbering system etched into my brain, I use that.
Black=0
Brown=1

Red=2
orange=3

yellow=4

green=5

blue=6

violet=7

grey=8

white=9
10 would be brown + black and so on.

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cable ties and paint. The ties for the depth markings, the paint so i can pick up that a tie is whizzing by.

In 4 mths almost continuous use the paint has pretty much been worn off.

Speaking of paint, if cruising in coral areas, I would recommend painting some prominent part of the anchor a bright colour, the shank on most anchors or the hoop on a Rocna, to make it easier to spot when you are snorkelling and trying to figure out if it is in the right place/buried/going to get wrapped around a bommie..... 

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I use the inserts and cable ties, the cable ties are most visible and the inserts are very useful when re-marking the chain when the cable ties fall off.  Every 10m.  And bejeesus those inserts are feckingly expensive, about a $ each.

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