Anchoring

Question 1

ANCHOR AWEIGH:

Answer 1

THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE AWEIGH THE MOMENT IT IS BROKEN OUT OF THE GROUND AND CLEAR OF THE SEA BED

Question 2

ANCHOR A-COCKBILL

Answer 2

WHEN THE ANCHOR IS HANGING VERTICALLY FROM THE HAWSEPIPE, IN PREPARATION FOR “LETTING GO”.

Question 3

ANCHOR DRAGGING

Answer 3

THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE DRAGGING WHEN IT IS NOT HELD IN THE SEA BED. IT IS SAID TO BITE WELL WHEN IT HAS A GOOD HOLD IN THE GROUND. THE VESSEL IS DRAGGING ANCHOR IF SHE MOVES HER POSITION WHILE DRAGGING THE ANCHOR OVER THE SEA BED

Question 4

BROUGHT UP

Answer 4

A VESSEL IS SAID TO BE BROUGHT UP WHEN HER WAY HAS STOPPED AND SHE IS RIDING TO HER ANCHOR, WITH HER ANCHOR HOLDING. THE TERM ‘COME TO’ AND ‘GOT HER CABLE’ ARE SOMETIMES SAID TO BE THE SAME THING. THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE ANCHOR PARTY WILL KNOW WHEN THE VESSEL IS BROUGHT UP, BY THE CABLE RISING UP FROM THE SURFACE TOWARDS THE HAWSE PIPE WHEN THE BRAKE IS HOLDING IT. THE VESSEL SHOULD THEN MOVE TOWARDS THE ANCHOR, CAUSING THE CABLE TO DROP BACK AND MAKE A CATENARY.

Question 5

DROP AN ANCHOR UNDERFOOT

Answer 5

LETTING AN ANCHOR GO TO THE BOTTOM, THEN HOLDING ON TO THE BRAKE. THIS IS SOMETIMES DONE TO STEADY THE SHIPS HEAD AND PREVENT HER FROM YAWNING ABOUT WHEN LYING TO A SINGLE ANCHOR.

Question 6

FOUL ANCHOR

Answer 6

THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE ANCHOR WHEN IT HAS BECOME CAUGHT ON AN UNDERWATER OBSTRUCTION. THE FLUKES OF THE ANCHOR OFTEN GET FOULED BY AN OLD HAWSER OR CABLE, OBSTRUCTING ITS NORMAL USE.

Question 7

FOUL HAWSE:

Answer 7

THIS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE CROSSING OF THE ANCHOR CABLES, WHEN BOTH CABLES ARE BEING USED AT THE SAME TIME OWING TO THE UNCONTROLLED SWINGING OF THE VESSEL WHEN ANCHORED WITH BOTH ANCHORS.

Question 8

FOUL HAWSE (CROSS)

Answer 8

WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG THROUGH 180 DEGREES, A CROSS BEING FORMED FROM THE TWO CABLES

Question 9

FOUL HAWSE(ELBOW)

Answer 9

WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG 360, AN ELBOW IS FORMED IN THE ANCHOR CABLES

Question 10

FOUL HAWSE(ROUND TURNS)

Answer 10

WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG AROUND 720 DEGREES OR TWICE AROUND

Question 11

GROW

Answer 11

THE CABLE IS SAID TO GROW WHEN THE EXPOSED PART OF THE CHAIN ABOVE THE SURFACE IS SEEN TO EXPAND TOWARDS THE ANCHOR

Question 12

Gypsy

Answer 12

The vertical wheel on the windlass which the cable passes over. The cable is held in the segments of the wheel known as the ‘snug’. The gypsy is held by the clutch plate (when in gear) or by the brake (when about to be let go).

Question 13

Hawse Pipes

Answer 13

The two pipes on either bow which accommodate the bow anchors. Some vessels may be equipped with a stern anchor. The term hawse pipe is in general use for the stowage space for the anchors of a vessel.

Question 14

Hove in Sight

Answer 14

When the anchor is hove home, it is ‘sighted and clear’ at the point when the anchor crown shackle breaks the surface of the water. A prudent officer would not consider that the anchor is clear until he sees that the flukes are clear. On the same basis an officer in charge of an anchor party tends not to ring anchor aweigh until he sees the anchor is hove in sight and clear.

Question 15

Long Stay

Answer 15

The term applicable when the cable is leading down to the water close to the horizontal, with weight on it. A good length of the cable is exposed.

Question 16

Moored

Answer 16

A vessel is said to be moored when she has two anchors down to the sea bed.

Question 17

Render Cable

Answer 17

To apply the brake lightly so that when weight comes on the cable it will run out slowly.

Question 18

Scope

Answer 18

Is the name given to the amount of anchor cable payed out from the hawse pipe to the anchor crown ‘D’ shackle.

Question 19

Sheer

Answer 19

When applied to a vessel at anchor, sheer is an angular movement of the vessel about the hawse pipe point, it can be deliberately caused by applied helm to port or starboard.

Question 20

Short Stay

Answer 20

The cable is said to be at short stay when the anchor is hove in close to the ship’s side and not over-extended. The cable is not up and down in this position.

Question 21

Snub

Answer 21

To snub the cable is to stop the cable running out by applying the brake. A vessel is said to snub round on her anchor when she checks the paying out of the cable by applying the brake on the windlass, so causing the cable to act as a spring, turning the bow smartly in the direction of the cable.

Question 22

Spurling Pipes

Answer 22

Also termed as ‘navel pipes’ in the Royal Navy, the cable passes through these pipes from the windlass or cable holder to the cable locker.

Question 23

Tide Rode

Answer 23

A vessel is said to be tide rode when she is riding at anchor head to tide.

Question 24

Up and Down

Answer 24

The cable is said to be up and down when the angle the cable makes with the water surface is 90°, usually just before anchor aweigh.

Question 25

Veer Cable

Answer 25

To pay out cable under power, by walking back the gypsy of the windlass.

Question 26

Walk Back the Anchor

Answer 26

To lower the anchor under power.

Question 27

Wind Rode

Answer 27

A vessel is said to be wind rode when she is riding at anchor head to wind.

Question 28

Yaw

Answer 28

A vessel is said to ‘yaw’ when at anchor when she moves to port and starboard of the anchor position under the influence of wind and/or tide. Yawing should not be confused with sheering.

Question 29

SHACKLE(OR SHOT) OF CABLE

Answer 29

THE LENGTH OF A SHACKLE OF CABLE IS 15 FATHOMS(90 FEET, 27.5 METERS) THE LENGTH OF CABLE BETWEEN JOINING SHACKLES.