ShipWrekt And Whisky: "So you slow, drop the pick. Pay out minimum cable. Enough so you are at a ‘short stay’. Then proceed slow ahead. It seems the bottom is sand and shale so fairly easy, with decent GPS, to drag the anchor using minimum revs." / Blueviewer

ShipWrekt And Whisky@fouthtimelucky.bsky.social·2024-11-19T22:41:12.113Z

So you slow, drop the pick. Pay out minimum cable. Enough so you are at a ‘short stay’. Then proceed slow ahead. It seems the bottom is sand and shale so fairly easy, with decent GPS, to drag the anchor using minimum revs.

ShipWrekt And Whisky@fouthtimelucky.bsky.social·2024-11-19T22:47:42.049Z #

BTW this is anchors and clankers. Seamanship. This is so my thing😂

ShipWrekt And Whisky@fouthtimelucky.bsky.social·2024-11-19T22:44:03.063Z #

Charts are clearly marked. Any ship ‘accidentally’ letting anchor go (it wouldn’t happen) would immediately go astern but probably lose the anchor at a lugless joining shackle. Other option is she put divers over the side but….nah.