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While heaving in the anchor prior to entering the wildcat you observe three white links on each side of a blue link. What does this indicate?

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Question 1 of 27070

While heaving in the anchor prior to entering the wildcat you observe three white links on each side of a blue link. What does this indicate?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Anchor chain marking systems used on U.S. vessels • Difference between a shot of chain and a fathom • What the colored detachable link and its adjacent white links mean

💭 Think About

• Think about what a blue detachable link with three white links on each side traditionally marks on an anchor chain. • Ask yourself: are colors and white links usually used to count shots of chain or fathoms of chain? • Consider what would realistically be ‘on deck’ and how it would normally be measured: in shots or fathoms?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify how many fathoms are in one shot of anchor chain on standard merchant vessels. • Confirm what the colored detachable link represents at each marking (1st shot, 2nd shot, 3rd shot, etc.). • Check whether three white links on each side of a colored link match a system for counting shots or a system for counting fathoms.

Question 1 of 27070

While heaving in the anchor prior to entering the wildcat you observe three white links on each side of a blue link. What does this indicate?

There are three shots on deck

There are three fathoms in the water

There are three fathoms on deck

There are six shots on deck