if an anchor is heavy enough to hold a ship in place, how does the ship not sink when hauling it?

Question

if an anchor is heavy enough to hold a ship in place, how does the ship not sink when hauling it?

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Answer 1

Well, the ship doesn’t sink when it drops the anchor either, does it? The anchor only needs enough weight to keep the ship from floating away… it doesn’t need to support the full weight of the ship.

But also, the anchor doesn’t rely on weight only… it has spikes that grab onto the ocean floor and in fact most anchors are not heavy enough to hold the boat without digging into the mud.