Anchor

Question 1

State 3 possible reasons for anchoring

Answer 1

1. Sheltering due to stress of weather.
2. No berth available.
3. Mechanical failure.

Question 2

How long is an anchor chain in metres / feet / and fathoms

Answer 2

(27.5 meters),
90 feet
15 fathoms

Question 3

State the initial action that the Master might take if your vessel drags her anchor

Answer 3

Pay out more cable

Question 4

Name four devices used for securing an anchor

Answer 4

1. Guillotine
2. devil claws
3. brakes
4. lashings

Question 5

State what is meant by snubbing the cable

Answer 5

stopping the cable running out by the use of the brake

Question 6

State what is meant by veering the cable

Answer 6

Paying out under power

Question 7

State what information the Master would give the OOW before going to stations to anchor the vessel

Answer 7

1. what anchor
2. depth of water
3. amount of cable to be veered
4. Whether anchor to be lowered just clear of hawse pipe or to water’s edge.

Question 8

State what type of organisation determines the number and size of anchor (s) and length of cable that the
vessel must carry.

Answer 8

classification society