🔍 Key Concepts

• Anchor chain is normally reported using standard phrases related to where the chain is located relative to the hawsepipe and waterline • Think about what phrase a mate on the bow would shout to the bridge when the anchor is being paid out versus when it is hove in • Consider which description would not clearly tell the bridge how much chain is actually deployed into the water

💭 Think About

• For each choice, picture the anchor gear: Is the chain mostly on deck, at the waterline, or out and leading down to the bottom? • Which phrase would be used when the chain is still not really paid out into the water as working scope? • Which of these would give the least useful information to the officer on watch about how much chain is actually out?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear on the difference between chain in the water, chain on the bottom, and chain remaining on deck • Ask yourself: Which of these is a commonly used, standard bridge-to-fo’c’sle phrase when reporting scope of chain? • Eliminate any option that describes the chain in a way that does not relate to how much is actually paid out into the water.