AnchorA-

Cockbi
l
l

Theter
m AnchorA-
Cockbi
lli
susedwhenaanchorhangsver
ti
cal
lyfr
om thehawsepi
pe,wi
thi
ts
fl
ukestur
nedtowar
dstheshi
pssideandwi
l
lnotstowcorr
ectl
yinthehawsepipei
nthi
s
posi
ti
on.

AnchorAwei
gh

Theanchori
ssai
dtobe'
A-Wei
gh'
wheni
tbr
eaksoutoft
hegr
oundandcl
earoft
heseabed.

AnchorBuoy

Anchorbuoyi
susedt
oindi
cat
etheposi
ti
onoft
heshi
p'
sanchorwhenont
hebot
tom.

AnchorComi
ngHome

Whent heanchorisbei
ngdrawnt owardst
heshipintheoperat
ionofheav
ingaway,bymeansof
thewindlassorcabl
eholder
/capstan,
theanchori
ssaidt obecominghome.I
nsteadoft
heship
beingdrawntowardstheanchor,t
herever
seishappening.

AnchorDr
aggi
ng

Theanchori
ssaidtobedraggingwhenitisnothel
dint
heseabed.I ti
ssai
dtobit
ewellwheni
t
hasagoodholdintheground.Thevessel
is'dr
aggi
ngheranchor
'ifshemovesherposi
ti
on
whil
edraggi
ngtheanchorovertheseabed.

AnchorWar
p

Theter
m usedt
oahawserorr
opewheni
tisat
tachedt
otheanchorandusedasat
empor
ary
cabl
e.

Br
oughtUp

Av esseli
ssaidt obebroughtupwhenherwayhasst oppedandshei sr
idingtoheranchor,wit
h
theanchorholding.Theterms'cometo'and'
gothercable'ar
esometimesusedt omeant he
samet hi
ng.Theof fi
cerinchar
geofananchorpar t
ywil
lknowwhent hev essel
isbroughtup,by
thecableri
singupf r
om thesurfacet
owardsthehawsepi pewhenthebrakeisholdi
ngit.The
vesselshoul
dt henmov etowardstheanchor
,causi
ngthecabletodropbackandmakea
cat
enar
y.

Cabl
eCl
ench

Astr
ongst
eel
for
gedf
it
ti
ngi
nthecabl
elockerwhi
chi
susedf
orsecur
ingt
he'
bi
tt
erend'
oft
he
cabl
e

Cabl
eJack

Adev
iceusedf
orl
i
fti
ngt
hecabl
ecl
earoft
hedeck

Catt
heAnchor

Theanchori
ssaidtobecat tedwhenhungof f
,fr
om whatusedtobecall
edt
heclumpcathead.
Moremodernvessel
swi l
l befi
ttedwit
hapipeleadsetbackfr
om thel
i
neofthehawsepipeand
usedfort
hepurposeof'hangingoffananchor'
.Foundi
npracti
cewhenmooringtobuoy
sby
meansofmooringshackleswi t
hthecabl
e.

Chai
nHook

Al
ongi
ronhookusedf
ort
hemanhandl
i
ngofcabl
eli
nks

Cr
oss

Occur
swhenthecabl
esaref
ouledasi
nfoul
hawse,
whent
heshi
phasswungt
hrough180°a
cr
ossbei
ngformedwit
hthetwocabl
es

Dr
opanAnchorUnderFoot

Lettingananchorgotot hebottom,t
henholdi
ngontothebr
ake.Thi
sissomet imesdonet o
steadyt heshi
p'
sheadandpr ev
entheryawi
ngaboutwhenlyi
ngtoasingleanchor.Caremust
bet akeninthi
soperat
iont hatt
hesecondanchori
sletgowhenther
idingcableisgrowingri
ght
ahead, andnotwhenitleadsoffthebow.

El
bow
Occur
swhenthecabl
esarefouledasin'
foul
hawse'
.Whent
heshi
phasswungt
hrough360°
,an
el
bowisf
ormedintheanchorcables

Foul
Anchor

Theter
m usedtodescri
betheanchorwhenithasbecomecaughtonanunderwaterobst
ruct
ion.
Thefl
ukesoftheanchorof
tenbecomefouledbyanoldhawserorcabl
e,obst
ruct
ingit
snormal
use.

Foul
Hawse

Thistermisusedtodescri
bethecr
ossingoftheanchorcabl
es,whenbot
hcablesarebeing
usedatt hesametime,aswit
harunning,
standi
ngoropenmoor ,owi
ngtotheuncontr
oll
ed
swingingofthevessel
whenanchoredwithbothanchor
s(moored).

Gr
ow

Thecabl
eissai
dt ogr
owwhent
heexposedpar
toft
hechai
nabov
ethesur
face,
isseent
o
expandt
owardstheanchor
.

Gy
psy

Thevert
icalwheelont
hewindlasswhichthecablepassesover
.Thecabl
eishel
dinthe
segmentsofthewheelknownast he‘
snug'.Thegypsyishel
dbythecl
utchpl
ate(wheni
ngear
)
orbythebrake(whenaboutt
obel etgo).

HawsePi
pes

Thetwopipesonei
therbowwhichaccommodatethebowanchors.Somevessel
smaybe
equi
ppedwithast
ernanchor
.Theterm hawsepi
peisi
ngeneral
usef ort
hestowagespacef
or
theanchor
sofavessel
.

Hov
einSi
ght

Whentheanchorishovehome, i
tis'
sightedandcl ear
'atthepointwhentheanchorcrown
shackl
ebreaksthesurf
aceofthewater.Apr udentoff
icerwouldnotconsidert
hattheanchori
s
cl
earunti
lheseesthatthef
lukesareclear.Onthesamebasi sanof f
iceri
nchargeofananchor
par
tyt
endsnott
ori
nganchorawei
ghunt
ilheseest
heanchori
shov
einsi
ghtandcl
ear
.

Joggl
eShackl
e

Maybedescri
bedasalongbentshackl
e,usedforhauli
ngcabl
eroundt
hebow.Sometimes
encount
eredwhencl
ear
ingafoulhawseorothersi
milaroper
ati
oninmovi
ngofcabl
e.

Kedgi
ng

Mov
ingav
essel
bymeansofsmal
lanchor
sandanchorwar
ps.

LongSt
ay

Thet
erm appli
cabl
ewhent hecabl
eisleadi
ngdownt ot
hewat
ercl
oset
othehor
izont
al,
wit
h
wei
ghtonit.Agoodlengt
hofthecableisexposed.

Moor
ed

Av
essel
issai
dtobemoor
edwhenshehast
woanchor
sdownt
otheseabed.

Ream aShackl
e

Tocleanawayanyresidual
leadl
efti
nsi
dethelugofashackl
eaf
tert
hel
eadpel
l
etandspi
l
epi
n
hav
ebeenr emoved,byuseofareamingtool
.

RenderCabl
e

Toappl
ythebr
akel
i
ght
lysot
hatwhenwei
ghtcomesont
hecabl
eitwi
l
lrunoutsl
owl
y.

RoundTur
n

Occur
swhent hecabl
esar
efoul
edasi
n'f
oul
hawse'
,whent
heshi
phasswungt
hrough720°or
t
wiceround.

Scope
i
sthenamegi ventot
heamountofanchorcabl
epay
edoutf
rom t
hehawsepi
pet
otheanchor
cr
own'D'shackle.

Sheer

Whenappl
iedt
oav essel
atanchor,
sheerisanangul
armov ementofthevessel
aboutt
he
hawsepi
pepoi
nt,
itcanbedeli
berat
elycausedbyappl
iedhelmtoportorstar
board.

SheetAnchor

Anaddit
ionalanchorcar
ri
edbylargervessels,
apr
acti
celargel
ydiscont
inued(
nott
obe
conf
usedwi t
hthespareanchorcarri
edbyt hemaj
ori
tyofvessel
s).

Shor
tenCabl
e

Toheav
einapor
ti
onoft
hecabl
e,sor
educi
ngt
hescope.

Shor
tSt
ay

Thecablei
ssaidtobeatshortst
aywhentheanchorishovei
ncl
oset
otheshi
p'
ssi
deandnot
over
-ext
ended.Thecabl
eisnotupanddowninthisposi
ti
on.

Snub

Tosnubt hecabl
eist
ostopthecabler
unningoutbyappl
yingt
hebr
ake.Av essel
issaidt
osnub
roundonheranchorwhenshechecksthepayi
ngoutofthecabl
ebyapply
ingthebrakeonthe
windlass,
socausi
ngthecabl
etoactasaspr i
ng,t
urni
ngthebowsmart
lyinthedir
ecti
onofthe
cable.

Spur
li
ngPi
pes

Al
sot
ermedas'nav
el pi
pes'
int
heRoyalNavy,
thecabl
epassest
hrought
hesepi
pesf
rom t
he
wi
ndl
assorcabl
eholdertot
hecabl
elocker
.

Sur
ge
Toallowthecabl
eorhawsert orunoutunderi t
sownwei ght.Thetermisoft
enusedwhen
handli
ngmooringropesondr um ends.(Youshouldnotsurgeonman- madefi
brer
opes,
becauseofthepossibi
l
ityofheat/fr
ict
ioncausingtheyarns/st
randstof
use.)

Ti
deRode

Av
essel
issai
dtobet
ider
odewhenshei
sri
dingatanchorheadt
oti
de.

UpandDown

Thecabl
eissai
dt obeupanddownwhent
heangl
ethecabl
emakeswi
tht
hewat
ersur
facei
s
90°
,usual
lyj
ustbefor
eanchorawei
gh.

VeerCabl
e

Topayoutcabl
eunderpower
,bywal
ki
ngbackt
hegy
psyoft
hewi
ndl
ass.

Wal
kBackt
heAnchor

Tol
owert
heanchorunderpower
.

Wi
ndRode

Av
essel
issai
dtobewi
ndr
odewhenshei
sri
dingatanchorheadt
owi
nd.

Yaw

Avessel
issai
dto'
yaw'whenatanchorwhenshemov est
oportandst
arboardoft
heanchor
posi
ti
onundert
hei
nfl
uenceofwindand/ort
ide.Yawi
ngshoul
dnotbeconfusedwi
thsheer
ing.