Hove to, under way.....?!?!?

Re: I Love the English language.....

So how fast do you have to make the cable to prevent the anchor from going away?

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Re: I Love the English language.....

Well Geoff, its the 'way' of things in Nelsons Navy. 'Stand by to drop anchor......Anchors away' would be the command on HMS Victory when Nelson was satisfied the ship was where he wanted it wneh anchoring. Arabs are inclined to drop anchor from their Dhows, then have to send someone down to attach the line to it... (true story!)

Its just the way of things you see...

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Irrespective of your reasons for being hove to, if you are not displaying any other signals, then clearly you are underway and must obey all the normal regulations for a vessel of your class, even if you consider that you are not making way. If you are a sailing vessel and you have a choice of tack, go for starboard and at least keep some of your privileges.

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If you are at anchor, at the turn of the tide are you making way?
You certainly would be if the anchor was dragging /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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Re: I Love the English language.....

About 4 knots seems about right to stop the end of the warp from going out through the hole. That's figure of eights jammed against eachother.

Geoff

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There are additional gotchas too: if the vessel is showing lights for towing AND RAM, you can no longer determine if it is making way as Rule 27.b.iii is not included in Rule 27.c

(Guess who's studying for Yachtmaster shore based ;)

Andy

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