Questions on Correlation in Ship Handling
1. While anchoring your vessel, the best time to let go the anchor is when the vessel is __________.
A. dead in the water
B. moving fast ahead over the ground
C. moving fast astern over the ground
D. moving slowly astern over the ground
2. When anchoring in calm water, it is best to __________.
A. maintain slight headway when letting go the anchor
B. have slight sternway on the vessel while letting go the anchor
C. wait until the vessel is dead in the water before letting go the anchor
D. let the anchor go from the stern with the anchor cable leading from the bow
3. When weighing anchor in a rough sea, how would you avoid risk of damaging the bow plating?
A. Heave it home as fast as you can.
B. Heave it home intermittently, between swells.
C. Wait for a calm spot between seas, then house it.
D. Leave the anchor under foot, until the vessel may be brought before the sea.
4. Your vessel is anchored in an open roadstead with three shots of chain out on the port anchor. The wind freshens considerably and the anchor begins to drag. Which action should you take FIRST?
A. Veer out more chain on the port anchor.
B. Put the engines slow ahead to help the anchor.
C. Drop the starboard anchor short with about one shot of chain.
D. Sheer out to starboard using the rudder, then drop the starboard anchor with about four shots of chain.
5. When attempting to free an anchor jammed in the hawsepipe, the simplest method of freeing it may be __________.
A. to grease the hawsepipe
B. rigging a bull rope to pull it out
C. to pry it loose with a short piece of pipe
D. starting the disengaged windlass at high speed
6. Which safety check(s) should be made before letting go the anchor?
A. See that the chain is all clear.
B. See that the wildcat is disengaged.
C. See that the anchor is clear of obstructions.
D. All of the above
7. When anchoring in a current, you should __________.
A. back your vessel into the current
B. anchor
A. dead in the water
B. moving fast ahead over the ground
C. moving fast astern over the ground
D. moving slowly astern over the ground
2. When anchoring in calm water, it is best to __________.
A. maintain slight headway when letting go the anchor
B. have slight sternway on the vessel while letting go the anchor
C. wait until the vessel is dead in the water before letting go the anchor
D. let the anchor go from the stern with the anchor cable leading from the bow
3. When weighing anchor in a rough sea, how would you avoid risk of damaging the bow plating?
A. Heave it home as fast as you can.
B. Heave it home intermittently, between swells.
C. Wait for a calm spot between seas, then house it.
D. Leave the anchor under foot, until the vessel may be brought before the sea.
4. Your vessel is anchored in an open roadstead with three shots of chain out on the port anchor. The wind freshens considerably and the anchor begins to drag. Which action should you take FIRST?
A. Veer out more chain on the port anchor.
B. Put the engines slow ahead to help the anchor.
C. Drop the starboard anchor short with about one shot of chain.
D. Sheer out to starboard using the rudder, then drop the starboard anchor with about four shots of chain.
5. When attempting to free an anchor jammed in the hawsepipe, the simplest method of freeing it may be __________.
A. to grease the hawsepipe
B. rigging a bull rope to pull it out
C. to pry it loose with a short piece of pipe
D. starting the disengaged windlass at high speed
6. Which safety check(s) should be made before letting go the anchor?
A. See that the chain is all clear.
B. See that the wildcat is disengaged.
C. See that the anchor is clear of obstructions.
D. All of the above
7. When anchoring in a current, you should __________.
A. back your vessel into the current
B. anchor