Comments on: Responsibilities Of Deck Officer During Anchoring Operation

By: nino alfon

nino alfon — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 08:24:07 +0000

Thank you for this video,I have got some Ideas and information for refreshing since I am now on my vacation and waiting for my schedule for embarkation.

By: John D. Funk

John D. Funk — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 01:23:01 +0000

When the deck officer has everything ready to drop anchor, he reports to the master ” standing by” or “Standing by to drop anchor”
When the master is ready for the drop he orders the deck officer to “drop” or “drop anchor”

By: jayvee101

jayvee101 — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 02:13:04 +0000

Up and Down refers to Cable perpindicular to ship side or the cable is straight downward or vertical while
Anchor Aweight refers to anchor itself that has off the sea bottom Anchor Insight refers to anchor you see followed by whether Anchor foul or Anchor Clear til Anchor Home and secured.

By: Babar humayun

Babar humayun — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 19:51:38 +0000

The windless should be tested before anchoraing and moving parts should be well grease

By: vigneshwaran

vigneshwaran — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 06:21:00 +0000

Also the max heaving capacity of the windlass to be noted. Sometimes when anchoring in deep waters, the weight of the anchor and cable suspending exceeds the capacity of the windlass and thus cannot be heaved back.

By: Chirag gupta

Chirag gupta — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 17:01:55 +0000

It will be more useful if you will mention about depth, walking back of anchor, scope, propeller wash astern and ahead movements

By: peter

peter — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:52:06 +0000

it is very important to always check that ship side is clear of small boats or any other obstructions accident occured where anchor was dropped on tug boat. thumb rule for how many shackles to be dropped..number of shackles is depth of water times 2

By: jacksoncyan

jacksoncyan — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:30:35 +0000

It is highly recommended that testing of Windlass and Hydraulic system should be tested a day or 2 days prior arrival to port to ensure the working condition of the system. At this point, walkie-talkies and other communication equipment must be check and ready as well.

(Refer to Ship’s Prior Arrival to Port Checklist)

By: TPC

TPC — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 07:48:28 +0000

Usually the Bosun takes care of the winch and the duty officer (usually the Chief Mate) commands the anchor team and has a bird eye view of the operation and thus should not be the one handling the winch, else it compromise safety to the team.

The chain is usually reported as at short stay or long stay. describing it at medium stay, how can it be differentiated? The description of the chain up and down is not that the anchor chain has settled, but this phrase describe that the anchor is off the ground.

By: Emilio Gonzalez

Emilio Gonzalez — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 15:32:31 +0000

We shouldn’t forget the importance that the Boatswain has in this operation.