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Ok, call me stupid but what the heck is the rode? I have searched and searched and haven't found anything. I am not exactly a rookie boater, and am far from a vet. Maybe it is called somthing different? Can someone help me figure this out.

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1990 Four Winns Horizon 200
2005 GMC Sierra

The line and/or chain attached to the anchor is called the rode.

Isn't it just called anchor line? Or am I missing somthing here?

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1990 Four Winns Horizon 200
2005 GMC Sierra

Your question sent me off to seek some knowledge for myself. From Wiki:

The vessel is attached to the anchor by the rode, which is made of chain, cable, rope, or a combination of these. The ratio of the length of rode to the water depth is known as the scope. Anchoring with sufficient scope and/or heavy chain rode brings the direction of strain close to parallel with the seabed. This is particularly important for light, modern anchors designed to bury in the bottom, where scopes of 5–7 to 1 are common, whereas heavy anchors and moorings can use a scope of 3 to 1 or less.

Since all anchors that embed themselves in the bottom require the strain to be along the seabed, anchors can be broken out of the bottom by shortening the rode until the vessel is directly above the anchor; at this point the anchor chain is "up and down", in naval parlance. If necessary, motoring slowly around the location of the anchor also helps dislodge it. Anchors are sometimes fitted with a tripping line attached to the crown, by which they can be unhooked from rocks or coral.

The term aweigh describes an anchor when it is hanging on the rode and is not resting on the bottom. This is linked to the term to weigh anchor, meaning to lift the anchor from the sea bed, allowing the ship or boat to move. An anchor is described as aweigh when it has been broken out of the bottom and is being hauled up to be stowed. Aweigh should not be confused with under way, which describes a vessel which is not moored to a dock or anchored, whether or not the vessel is moving through the water.

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1996 205 Sundowner DLX
5.0FL Volvo SX Cobra
Tow Veh: 2012 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X

Fenders/Bumpers.... Line/Rode....... Potatoe/Pototow.......Windshield/Windscreen.........Hood/Bonnet........

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2005 H200

Thanks for the quick replies. I have just seen that in several folks posts and never understood what it ment. I gues I could say I learned somthing today. You guys rock.

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1990 Four Winns Horizon 200
2005 GMC Sierra

My guess it was "Rope".....just mis-spelled...........then caught on and eventually turned to Rode......a freak of the American language!

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2005 Four Winns Funship 214 VP 5.7/Duo Prop

Yes, the complet system/setup. From the line to the tip of the anchor. If some one was to say, "Let out more rode" meaning let out more line to increase your scope.

That is why I LOVE THIS SITE! You guy and gals here rock.

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1990 Four Winns Horizon 200
2005 GMC Sierra

This should be on every boater's shelf:

http://www.amazon.com/Chapman-Piloting- ... seamanship

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

+1 - it should be considered the Boater's Bible...

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2002 Funship 214
VP 5.7 GX Si
2003 Tahoe

No, it's a term much older than that.

That and rope, line and rode have distinctly different meanings when it comes to seamanship. Chapman's is definitely a good thing to own AND read.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista