Lead Core Rope

Crab’n Gears Lead Core rope is a 4.5mm polyester braided outer rope that has small ingots of lead joined through the centre of the braid. The 10m shanks have 25g of lead per metre of rope that causes the rope to sink straight to the bottom keeping it well away from boat props. The ‘Mangrove Root Black’ colour and diameter of the rope enable it to blend very easily into the environment making it virtually undetectable when used to ‘tie off’ to a tree on the bank of an estuary. The ideal way is to tie it off to a tree or fixed object (ensuring it has a labeled tag above the high water mark) and then run the rope down the back of the branch or trunk until it reaches the ground at which point it can go out to where the pot is. Even if the rope does hang down straight from a branch it can easily be seen as a mangrove root or stick that has been caught during the high tide keeping it undetected. As the tide goes in and out the rope on the bottom will become covered in a thin layer of mud and/or sand making it very hard to see, even in crystal clear waters. The Lead Core rope is extremely flexible, easy to knot and with a breaking load of 320 kg is extremely strong. It has been found to be one of the best ways to discourage others from raiding or stealing people’s pots. The biggest problem is remembering where you left your pots!