🔍 Key Concepts

• Parts of an anchor: shank, crown, flukes, and how they work in the bottom • How anchors develop holding power in different types of seabeds (mud, sand, clay) • Terminology used for the geometry and performance of anchor flukes

💭 Think About

• Think about which term is commonly used to describe how well an anchor stays set in the bottom, versus how it physically enters the soil. • Ask yourself: which word sounds more like an engineering/geometry term for an angle built into the anchor itself, rather than a performance characteristic? • Consider what "tripping" means in relation to an anchor and how that might relate to changing or losing the set of the flukes.

✅ Before You Answer

• Match the term to what actually happens when the anchor first digs in versus after it has already set. • Distinguish between a term that describes anchor strength/holding and a term that describes the angle of entry into the seabed. • Eliminate any option that mainly refers to when an anchor breaks out or is being released rather than when it penetrates.