Anchor Terminology 3021d

ANCHOR TERMINOLOGY: 1) ANCHOR AWEIGH : THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE AWEIGH THEMOMENT IT IS BROKEN OUT OF THE GROUND AND CLEAR OF THESEA BED. 2) ANCHOR A-COCKBILL: WHEN THE ANCHOR IS HANGINGVERTICALLYFROM THE HAWSEPIPE, WITH THE FLUKES TURNEDINTO THE SHIPS SIDE. IN THIS POSITION IT WILL NOT STOWCORRECTLYIN THE HAWSE PIPE. 3) ANCHOR BUOY: A BUOY USED TO INDICATE THE POSITION OF THESHIPS ANCHOR WHEN ON THE BOTTOM. 4) ANCHOR COMING HOME: WHEN THE ANCHOR IS BEING DRAWNTOWARDS THE SHIP IN THE OPERATION OF HEAVING AWAY, BYMEANS OF THE WINDLASS OR THE CABLE HOLDER/CAPSTAN, THEANCHOR IS SAID TO BE COMING HOME. INSTEAD OF THE SHIP BEINGDRAWN TOWARDS THE ANCHOR, THE REVERSE IS HAPPENING. 5) ANCHOR DRAGGING: THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE DRAGGING WHENIT IS NOT HELD IN THE SEA BED. IT IS SAID TO BITE WELL WHEN ITHAS A GOOD HOLD IN THE GROUND. THE VESSEL IS DRAGGINGANCHOR IF SHE MNOVES HER POSITION WHILE DRAGGING THEANCHOR OVER THE SEA BED. 6) ANCHOR WARP: THE NAME IS GIVEN TO AHAWSER OR ROPE WHENIT IS ATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR AND USED AS A TEMPORARYCABLE. 7) BROUGHT UP: 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’ ARESOMETIMES SAID TO BE THE SAME THING. THE OFFICER IN CHARGEOF THE ANCHOR PARTY WILL KNOW WHEN THE VESSEL IS BROUGHTUP, BY THE CABLE RI FROM THE SURFACE TOWARDS THEHAWSE PIPE WHEN THE BRAKE IS HOLDING IT. THE VESSEL SHOULDTHEN MOVE TOWARDS THE ANCHOR, CAUSING THE CABLE TO DROPBACK AND MAKE A CATENARY. 8) CABLE CLENCH: A STRONG STEEL FORGED FITTING IN THE CABLELOCKER FOR SECURING THE BITTER END OF THE CABLE. 9) CABLE JACK: A DEVICE FOR LIFTING THE CABLE CLEAR OF THEDECK.

10) CABLES LENGTH: A LENGTH OF 600 FT OR 100 FATHOMS(183 MTS). 11) CAT THE ANCHOR: THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE CATTED WHENHUNG OFF, FROM WHAT USED TO BE CALED THE CLUMP CATHEAD.MORE MODERN VESSELS WILL BE FITTED WITH APIPE LEAD SETBACK FROM THE LINE OF THE HAWS-PIPE AND USED FOR THEPURPOSE OF HANGING-OFF ANCHORS. FOUND IN PRACTICE WHEN MOORING TO BUOYS BY MEANS OF MOORING SHACKLES WITH THECABLE. 12) CHAIN HOOK: A LONG IRON HOOK USED FOR MANHANDLING OFCABLE LINKS. 13) DROP AN ANCHOR UNDERFOOT : LETTING AN ANCHOR GO TO THEBOTTOM, THEN HOLDINGON TO THE BRAKE. THIS IS SOMETIMESDON’T TO STEADY THE SHIPS HEAD AND PREVENT HER FROMYAWING ABOUT WHEN LYING TO A SINGLE ANCHOR. CARE MUST BETAKEN IN THIS OPERATION THAT THE SECOND ANCHOR IS LET GOWHEN THE RIDING CABLE IS GROWING RIGHT AHEAD AND NOTWHEN IT LEADS OFF THE BOW. 14) FOUL ANCHOR : THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE ANCHOR WHENIT HAS BECOME CAUGHT ON AN UNDERWATER OBSTRUCTION. THEFLUKES OF THE ANCHOR OFTEN GET FOULED BY AN OLD HAWSER OR CABLE, OBSTRUCTING ITS NORMAL USE. 15) FOUL HAWSE : THIS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE CROSSING OFTHE ANCHOR CABLES, WHEN BOTH CABLES ARE BEIBNG USED ATTHE SAME TIME, AS WITH A RUNNING STANDING OR OPEN MOOR,OWING TO THE UNCONTROLLED SWINGING OF THE VESSEL WHENANCHORED WITH BOTH ANCHORS (MOORED). 16) CROSS : OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS IN FOUL“HAWSE”, WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG THROUGH 180 o’S A CROSSBEING FORMED WITH THE TWO CABLES. 17) ELBOW : OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS IN “FOULHAWSE”,WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG 360 o’S, AN ELBOW IS FORMEDIN THE ANCHOR CABLES. 18) ROUND TURNS : OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS IN‘FOUL HAWSE’,WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG THROUGH 720 o’S OR TWICE ROUND. 19) GROW : THE CABLE IS SAID TO GROW WHEN THE EXPOSED PART OFTHE CHAIN ABOVE THE SURFACE, IS SEEN TO EXPAND TOWARDS THEANCHOR.

20) GYPSY: THE VERTICAL WHEEL ON THE WINDLASS WHICH THECABLE ES OVER. THE CABLE IS HELD IN THE SEGMENTS OF THEWHEEL KNOWN AS THE ‘SNUG’. THE GYPSY IS HELD BY THE CLUCH-PLATE WHEN IN GEAR OR BY THE BRAKE WHEN ABOUT TO BE LETGO. 21) HAWSE PIPES: WHEN TWO PIPES ON EITHER BOW WHICHACCOMODATES THE BOW ANCHORS. SOME VESSELS WILL BEEQUIPPED WITH ASTERN ANCHOR. THE TERM HAWSE PIPE IS INGENERAL USE FOR THE STOWAGE SPACE FOR THE ANCHORS OF AVESSEL. 22) HOVE IN SIGHT: WHEN A ANCHOR IS HOVE HOME, IT IS ‘SIGHTEDAND CLEAR’ AT THE POINT WHEN THE ANCHOR CROWN SHACKLEBREAKS THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. A PRUDENT OFFICER WOULD NOT CONCIDER THAT THE ANCHOR IS CLEAR UNTIL HE SEES THATTHE FLUKES ARE CLEAR. ON THE SAME BASIS AN OFFICER INCHARGE OF AN ANCHOR PARTY TENDS NOT TO RING ANCHOR AWEIGH UNTIL HE SEES THE ANCHOR IS HOVE IN SIGHT AND CLEAR. 23) JOGGLE SHACKLE: MAY BE DESCRIBED AS A LONG BENTSHACKLE, USED FOR HAULING CABLE ROUND THE BOW. SOMETIMESENCOUNTERED WHEN CLEARING A FOUL HAWSE OR OTHER SIMILAR OPERATION IN MOVING OF THE CABLE. 24) KEDGING: MOVING A VESSEL BY MEANS OF SMALL ANCHORS ANDANCHOR WARPS. 25) LONG STAY: THE TERM APPLICABLE WHEN THE CABLE IS LEADINGDOWN TO THE WATER CLOSE TO THE HORIZONTAL, WITH THEWEIGHT ON IT. A GOOD LENGTH OF THE CABLE IS EXPOSED. 26) MORED: AVESSEL IS SAID TO BE MOORED WHEN SHE HAS TWOANCHORS DOWN TO THE SEA BED. 27) REAM A SHACKLE: TO CLEAN AWAY ANY RESIDUAL LEAD LEFTINSIDE THE LUG OF ASHACKLE AFTER THE LEAD PELLET AND THESPILE PIN ISHAVE BEEN REMOVED, BY THE USE OF A REAMING TOOL. 28) RENDER CABLE: TO APPLYTHE BRAKE LIGHTLYSO THATWHENWEIGHT COMES ON THE CABLE IT WILL RUN OUT SLOWLY. 29) SHACKLE OF CABLE:

THE LENGTH OF ASHACKLE OF CABLE IS 15FATHOMS( 90 FEET OR 27.5 MTS). IT IS DEFINED BYALENGTH OFCABLE BETWEEN THE ING SHACKLES. 30) SHEER : WHEN APPLIED TO A VESSEL AT ANCHOR, SHEER IS ANANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THE VESSEL ABOUT THE HAWSE PIPEPOINT, IT CAN BE DELIBERATELY CAUSED BY APPLYING HELM TOPORT OR STARBOARD . 31) SHEER ANCHOR: AN ADDITIONAL ANCHOR USED ON LARGER VESSELS, A PRACTICE LARGELY DIS-CONTINUED ( THIS IS NOT TO BECONFUSED WITH THE SPARE ANCHOR CARRIED BY THE MAJORITY OFTHE VESSELS). 32) SHORTEN CABLE: TO HEAVE IN, A PORTION OF THE CABLE SO ASTO REDUCE THE SCOPE. 33) SHORT STAY: THE CABLE IS SAID TO BE SHORT STAY WHEN THEANCHOR IS HOVE IN CLOSE TO THE SHIPS SIDE AND NOT OVER EXTENDED. THE CABLE IS NOT UP AND DOWN IN THAT POSITION. 34) SNUB: TO SNUB THE CABLE IS TO STOP THE CABLE RUNNING OUT BYAPPLYING THE BRAKE. A VESSEL IS SAID TO SNUB ROUND ON HER ANCHOR WHEN SHE CHECKS THE PAYING OUT OF THE CABLE BYAPPLYING THE BRAKE ON THE WINDLASS, SO CAUSING THE CABLETO ACT AS A SPRING, TURNING THE BOW SMARTLY IN THEDIRECTION OF THE CABLE.