Dragging Anchor
First thing to do is start the engine! Do you have enough room to let out more chain, or do you have to pick up the first anchor?
Dragging
Description of an anchor that is not securely fastened to the bottom and moves.
Dry dock
A dock where a boat can be worked on out of the water. The boat is usually sailed into a dry dock, and then the water is pumped out.
dragging, as in "dragging a line"
trailing edge
The aft edge of a sail, more commonly called the leech.
1) Dragging anchor, see anchor. 2) To drag for something on the water's bottom is to scrape the bottom with a grapnel hook or net. 3) Concerning sails and appendages, drag is resistance to wind or water caused by the object's shape, surface friction, ...
I am dragging my anchor.
Zulu
I require a tug.
When made by fishing vessels operating in close proximity on the fishing grounds it means: I am shooting nets.
DRAFT- The depth of water required to float a vessel.
DRAGGING- When the anchor is not holding.
DROGUE- Device streamed astern to keep stern up to the waves in a following sea.
Teak surfing, dragging and water skiing within 20 feet of a moving watercraft can be fatal.
Avoid these Death Zones! ...
Bite - An anchor is said to bite when the flukes dig themselves into the ground and hold firm without dragging.
Bitt - A vertical post extending above the deck for securing mooring lines ...
CHAFING PLATE A plate fitted to take the wear due to dragging moving gear or to protect ropes from wearing where they rub on sharp edges. Also fitted on decks under anchor chains.
trailing -- dragging, as in "dragging a line"
Trampoline The fabric support that serves for searing between the hulls of a catamaran.
Transom The flat, or sometimes curved terminating structure of the hull at the stern of a boat.
The lookout should determine whether the anchor is dragging and should warn other vessels of the anchored vessel's presence.
The means and methods for maintaining a lookout vary with night and day.
Keelhauling - Maritime punishment: to punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
Kelson - The timber immediately above the keel of a wooden ship.
Killick - A small anchor.
(b) A vessel when engaged in trawling, by which is meant the dragging through the water of a dredge net or other apparatus used as a fishing appliance, shall exhibit: ...
Keelhauling: A way of punishing sailors by tying them to a rope and dragging them across the bottom of the ship.
This is the act of throwing a man overboard, tied to a rope that goes beneath the ship, and then dragging him from one side to the other and hauling him out.
Halfway through dinner I suddenly felt a draft blowing through the main companionway; something was wrong-we were dragging anchor! I dashed up into the cockpit just in time to hear the horrible grinding of the boat's keel crashing into a coral head.
Take note of a landmark to help you judge if you are dragging your anchor and drifting.
The type of anchor you use depends on whether the bottom is rock, sand, mud, or seaweed. A good multipurpose anchor is a Danforth.
RIDING OUT A STORM ...
When you heel this boat over 20 degrees you are going to be dragging a fair portion of that transom through the water. I think this hull shape is more about interior volume than boat speed. Note the twin rudders.
Anchored - Held in place in the water by an anchor; included "moored" to a buoy or anchored vessel and "dragging anchor."
At Dock - Secured to a fixed or floating structure; but excludes while being fueled.
Being Towed - In the tow of another vessel.
Anchor Watch:
A member or members of the crew that keep watch and check to see whether the anchor is dragging and the the drift of the ship. This is prudent when anchored in heavy weather, or where wind direction may change dangerously.
sentinel - A weight suspended from the anchor line (rode) to help stop the anchor from dragging in rough weather.
serving - Protecting or covering part of a line to stop wear.
Too much tongue weight causes "tail dragging" of the towing vehicle. Too little tongue weight causes the trailer to sway.
Trailers should be equipped with two strong safety chains, securely connected to the towing vehicle.
W (Whiskey) - I require medical assistance
X (Xray) - stop carrying out your intentions and watch for my signals
Y (Yankee) - I am dragging anchor; I am carrying mail
Z (Zulu)- to be used to address or call shore stations; Require a tug ...
not making way- Two red lights in a vertical line.
8) Vessel not under command and making way- Two red lights in a vertical line plus red port, green starboard and white stern navigation lights.
9) Vessel engaged in trawling ( fishing by dragging an ...
If a sailor were to reach the bitter end, then he would have payed out all this anchor warp (right up to the end which is tied to the bits at the bows) and if he continued dragging his anchor, his ship would very likely fetch up on the rocks.
 See also: Boat, Deck, Point, Anchor, Below
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