When weighing anchor in a rough sea, how...

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When weighing anchor in a rough sea, how would you avoid risk of damaging the bow plating?

Question 1 of 27070

When weighing anchor in a rough sea, how would you avoid risk of damaging the bow plating?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Effect of ship’s motion in a seaway on anchor and cable loads • How anchor flukes and anchor crown can strike the bow when being hove in • Relationship between ship’s heading to the sea and pitching near the bow

💭 Think About

• What happens to the anchor and chain when the bow is pitching heavily and you heave continuously? • How can the vessel’s heading relative to the sea reduce the up‑and‑down motion at the bow? • Which option best keeps the anchor from being violently slapped against the bow plating by the seas?

✅ Before You Answer

• Which choice minimizes snatch loads (sudden jerks) on the cable and windlass? • Which option considers the ship’s heading to the sea before fully housing the anchor? • Eliminate any choice that encourages fast or continuous heaving while the bow is still rising and falling heavily.

Question 1 of 27070

When weighing anchor in a rough sea, how would you avoid risk of damaging the bow plating?

Heave it home as fast as you can.

Leave the anchor under foot, until the vessel may be brought before the sea.

Heave it home intermittently, between swells.

Wait for a calm spot between seas, then house it.