this question was in my mind for years… if the anchor keeps the huge ship from drifting, how do you get free when you want to sail away ?
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To add to what others have said, I dropped anchor into a fish farm once (because I’m an idiot I know) and it grabbed that thing hard.
Had to let it out aaaaaaal the way, and the back of the chain was roped into the boat (the chain was geld by the gears so this rope wasn’t pulled on just stopped it dropping accidently)
Attached a boy, cut the rope and dropped the anchor.
Wasn’t worth going back for so I posted about it and told people to help themselves if they could get it up it was theirs, it was gone in a few days.
So the truthful answer is, if your stupid enough, they can get stuck lol.
Big ships usually anchor in designated anchorages that are known to have a soft bottom that is clear of obstructions; rocks, reefs, cables, etc. The boundaries are clearly marked on nautical charts. For major ports, that’s usually the only place they can anchor except in an emergency.
We had our anchor foul on a giant sea rock. got stuck between the flukes. Had to haul it up, drop it, haul it up, drop it, over and over, around 10 times before it came unlodged.
Big ships usually anchor in designated anchorages that are known to have a soft bottom that is clear of obstructions; rocks, reefs, cables, etc. The boundaries are clearly marked on nautical charts. For major ports, that’s usually the only place they can anchor except in an emergency.
We had our anchor foul on a giant sea rock. got stuck between the flukes. Had to haul it up, drop it, haul it up, drop it, over and over, around 10 times before it came unlodged.
We had our anchor foul on a giant sea rock. got stuck between the flukes. Had to haul it up, drop it, haul it up, drop it, over and over, around 10 times before it came unlodged.
The anchor is connected to the ship via a retractable chain.
The anchor can be “‘reeled” in when it is time to leave.
The anchor is connected to the ship via a retractable chain.
The anchor can be “‘reeled” in when it is time to leave.
You don’t, necessarily. Sometimes the anchor just doesn’t come up and you cut it free and have the divers come back to retrieve it.
The anchor is connected to the ship via a retractable chain.
The anchor can be “‘reeled” in when it is time to leave.
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