ANCHOR TERMINOLOGY:

1)
ANCHOR AWEIGH
:
THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE AWEIGH THEMOMENT IT IS BROKEN OUT OF THE
GROUND AND CLEAR OF THESEA BED.
2)
ANCHOR A-COCKBILL:
WHEN THE ANCHOR IS HANGINGVERTICALLYFROM THE HAWSEPIPE, WITH THE
FLUKES TURNEDINTO THE SHIPS SIDE. IN THIS POSITION IT WILL NOT STOWCORRECTLYIN
THE HAWSE PIPE.
3)
ANCHOR BUOY:
A BUOY USED TO INDICATE THE POSITION OF THESHIPS ANCHOR WHEN ON
THE BOTTOM.
4)
ANCHOR COMING HOME:
WHEN THE ANCHOR IS BEING DRAWNTOWARDS THE SHIP IN THE OPERATION
OF HEAVING AWAY, BYMEANS OF THE WINDLASS OR THE CABLE
HOLDER/CAPSTAN, THEANCHOR IS SAID TO BE COMING HOME. INSTEAD OF
THE SHIP BEINGDRAWN TOWARDS THE ANCHOR, THE REVERSE IS HAPPENING.
5)
ANCHOR DRAGGING:
THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE DRAGGING WHENIT IS NOT HELD IN THE SEA BED. IT IS
SAID TO BITE WELL WHEN ITHAS A GOOD HOLD IN THE GROUND. THE VESSEL IS
DRAGGINGANCHOR IF SHE MNOVES HER POSITION WHILE DRAGGING
THEANCHOR OVER THE SEA BED.
6)
ANCHOR WARP:
THE NAME IS GIVEN TO AHAWSER OR ROPE WHENIT IS ATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR
AND USED AS A TEMPORARYCABLE.
7)
BROUGHT UP:
A VESSEL IS SAID TO BE BROUGHT UP WHEN HER WAY HAS STOPPED AND SHE
IS RIDING TO HER ANCHOR, WITH HER ANCHOR HOLDING.THE TERM COME
TO AND GOT HER CABLE ARESOMETIMES SAID TO BE THE SAME THING.
THE OFFICER IN CHARGEOF THE ANCHOR PARTY WILL KNOW WHEN THE
VESSEL IS BROUGHTUP, BY THE CABLE RISING UP FROM THE SURFACE
TOWARDS THEHAWSE PIPE WHEN THE BRAKE IS HOLDING IT. THE VESSEL SHOULDTHEN
MOVE TOWARDS THE ANCHOR, CAUSING THE CABLE TO DROPBACK AND
MAKE A CATENARY.
8)
CABLE CLENCH:
A STRONG STEEL FORGED FITTING IN THE CABLELOCKER FOR SECURING THE BITTER
END OF THE CABLE.
9)
CABLE JACK:
A DEVICE FOR LIFTING THE CABLE CLEAR OF THEDECK.

10)
CABLES LENGTH:
A LENGTH OF 600 FT OR 100 FATHOMS(183 MTS).
11)
CAT THE ANCHOR:
THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE CATTED WHENHUNG OFF, FROM WHAT USED TO BE
CALED THE CLUMP CATHEAD.MORE MODERN VESSELS WILL BE FITTED WITH APIPE
LEAD SETBACK FROM THE LINE OF THE HAWS-PIPE AND USED FOR THEPURPOSE OF
HANGING-OFF ANCHORS. FOUND IN PRACTICE WHEN
MOORING TO BUOYS BY MEANS OF MOORING SHACKLES WITH THECABLE.
12)
CHAIN HOOK:
A LONG IRON HOOK USED FOR MANHANDLING OFCABLE LINKS.
13)
DROP AN ANCHOR UNDERFOOT
: LETTING AN ANCHOR GO TO THEBOTTOM, THEN HOLDINGON TO THE
BRAKE. THIS IS SOMETIMESDONT TO STEADY THE SHIPS HEAD AND PREVENT
HER FROMYAWING ABOUT WHEN LYING TO A SINGLE ANCHOR. CARE MUST
BETAKEN IN THIS OPERATION THAT THE SECOND ANCHOR IS LET GOWHEN
THE RIDING CABLE IS GROWING RIGHT AHEAD AND NOTWHEN IT LEADS OFF THE
BOW.
14)
FOUL ANCHOR
: THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE ANCHOR WHENIT HAS BECOME CAUGHT
ON AN UNDERWATER OBSTRUCTION. THEFLUKES OF THE ANCHOR OFTEN GET
FOULED BY AN OLD HAWSER OR CABLE, OBSTRUCTING ITS NORMAL USE.
15)
FOUL HAWSE
: THIS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE CROSSING OFTHE ANCHOR CABLES,
WHEN BOTH CABLES ARE BEIBNG USED ATTHE SAME TIME, AS WITH A
RUNNING STANDING OR OPEN MOOR,OWING TO THE UNCONTROLLED
SWINGING OF THE VESSEL WHENANCHORED WITH BOTH ANCHORS (MOORED).
16)
CROSS
: OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS IN FOULHAWSE, WHEN THE
SHIP HAS SWUNG THROUGH 180 oS A CROSSBEING FORMED WITH THE TWO
CABLES.
17)
ELBOW
: OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS IN FOULHAWSE,WHEN THE SHIP
HAS SWUNG 360 oS, AN ELBOW IS FORMEDIN THE ANCHOR CABLES.
18)
ROUND TURNS
: OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS INFOUL HAWSE,WHEN THE
SHIP HAS SWUNG THROUGH 720 oS OR TWICE ROUND.
19)
GROW
: THE CABLE IS SAID TO GROW WHEN THE EXPOSED PART OFTHE CHAIN
ABOVE THE SURFACE, IS SEEN TO EXPAND TOWARDS THEANCHOR.

20)
GYPSY:
THE VERTICAL WHEEL ON THE WINDLASS WHICH THECABLE PASSES OVER. THE
CABLE IS HELD IN THE SEGMENTS OF THEWHEEL KNOWN AS THE SNUG. THE
GYPSY IS HELD BY THE CLUCH-PLATE WHEN IN GEAR OR BY THE BRAKE
WHEN ABOUT TO BE LETGO.
21)
HAWSE PIPES:
WHEN TWO PIPES ON EITHER BOW WHICHACCOMODATES THE BOW ANCHORS.
SOME VESSELS WILL BEEQUIPPED WITH ASTERN ANCHOR. THE TERM HAWSE PIPE IS
INGENERAL USE FOR THE STOWAGE SPACE FOR THE ANCHORS OF AVESSEL.
22)
HOVE IN SIGHT:
WHEN A ANCHOR IS HOVE HOME, IT IS SIGHTEDAND CLEAR AT THE POINT
WHEN THE ANCHOR CROWN SHACKLEBREAKS THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. A
PRUDENT OFFICER WOULD
NOT CONCIDER THAT THE ANCHOR IS CLEAR UNTIL HE SEES THATTHE
FLUKES ARE CLEAR. ON THE SAME BASIS AN OFFICER INCHARGE OF AN
ANCHOR PARTY TENDS NOT TO RING ANCHOR AWEIGH UNTIL HE SEES THE
ANCHOR IS HOVE IN SIGHT AND CLEAR.
23)
JOGGLE SHACKLE:
MAY BE DESCRIBED AS A LONG BENTSHACKLE, USED FOR HAULING CABLE
ROUND THE BOW. SOMETIMESENCOUNTERED WHEN CLEARING A FOUL
HAWSE OR OTHER SIMILAR OPERATION IN MOVING OF THE CABLE.
24)
KEDGING:
MOVING A VESSEL BY MEANS OF SMALL ANCHORS ANDANCHOR WARPS.
25)
LONG STAY:
THE TERM APPLICABLE WHEN THE CABLE IS LEADINGDOWN TO THE WATER
CLOSE TO THE HORIZONTAL, WITH THEWEIGHT ON IT. A GOOD LENGTH OF THE
CABLE IS EXPOSED.
26)
MORED:
AVESSEL IS SAID TO BE MOORED WHEN SHE HAS TWOANCHORS DOWN TO THE SEA
BED.
27)
REAM A SHACKLE:
TO CLEAN AWAY ANY RESIDUAL LEAD LEFTINSIDE THE LUG OF ASHACKLE AFTER
THE LEAD PELLET AND THESPILE PIN ISHAVE BEEN REMOVED, BY THE USE OF A
REAMING TOOL.
28)
RENDER CABLE:
TO APPLYTHE BRAKE LIGHTLYSO THATWHENWEIGHT COMES ON THE CABLE IT WILL RUN
OUT SLOWLY.
29)
SHACKLE OF CABLE:

THE LENGTH OF ASHACKLE OF CABLE IS 15FATHOMS( 90 FEET OR 27.5 MTS). IT IS DEFINED

BYALENGTH OFCABLE BETWEEN THE JOINING SHACKLES.
30)
SHEER
: WHEN APPLIED TO A VESSEL AT ANCHOR, SHEER IS ANANGULAR MOVEMENT OF
THE VESSEL ABOUT THE HAWSE PIPEPOINT, IT CAN BE DELIBERATELY CAUSED BY
APPLYING HELM TOPORT OR STARBOARD
.
31)
SHEER ANCHOR:
AN ADDITIONAL ANCHOR USED ON LARGER VESSELS, A PRACTICE LARGELY
DIS-CONTINUED ( THIS IS NOT TO BECONFUSED WITH THE SPARE ANCHOR
CARRIED BY THE MAJORITY OFTHE VESSELS).
32)
SHORTEN CABLE:
TO HEAVE IN, A PORTION OF THE CABLE SO ASTO REDUCE THE SCOPE.
33)
SHORT STAY:
THE CABLE IS SAID TO BE SHORT STAY WHEN THEANCHOR IS HOVE IN CLOSE
TO THE SHIPS SIDE AND NOT OVER EXTENDED. THE CABLE IS NOT UP AND
DOWN IN THAT POSITION.
34)
SNUB:
TO SNUB THE CABLE IS TO STOP THE CABLE RUNNING OUT BYAPPLYING THE
BRAKE. A VESSEL IS SAID TO SNUB ROUND ON HER ANCHOR WHEN SHE
CHECKS THE PAYING OUT OF THE CABLE BYAPPLYING THE BRAKE ON
THE WINDLASS, SO CAUSING THE CABLETO ACT AS A SPRING, TURNING THE
BOW SMARTLY IN THEDIRECTION OF THE CABLE.