Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Weight for orange buoy Date:   3/10/2020 4:44:46 PM (updated 3/10/2020 5:11:55 PM)

What I did was pretty simple.  I bought a 5-gallon pail from Home Depot and a stainless steel eye hook with a bolt on the bottom.  Filled with concrete, placed the eye hook in the concrete and let it set.  As for the length of rope or chain, it should be enough to hold the float above the high water mark based on where you place it.  I used rope for mine and its been in place for probably ten years.  A chain may be overkill but it would work well.

Below is an example where they actually removed the bucket from the outside of the concrete.  I didn't bother to do that.  Make sure if you leave the bucket you take the handle off.