The Adlard Coles Book of Anchoring

Содержание
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1 • The most important bit: how does an anchor work?
The right anchor
2 • Anchoring gear
Chain or rope?
How much cable should there be?
The chain locker
Galvanised or stainless steel chain?
How much chain has already been paid out?
Mixed cables
Anchor straps, lead anchor lines, wire rope
The size of the anchoring gear
How heavy should an anchor be?
Which anchor?
Fisherman
CQR or plough anchor
B?gel
Danforth
Fortress
Jambo
Bruce
Patent anchor
Brittany
Spade
What material should the anchor be made of?
How many anchors?
Anchor-chain connection
Anchor-rope connection
The windlass
The pawl
3 • Anchoring manoeuvres
Anchoring commands
The tripping line
Dropping anchor
Where is the best place to anchor?
Digging in the anchor
How can dangerous jerks be avoided?
Anchoring with shore lines
Anchoring at a jetty with stern line (bow line)
Using two anchors (anchoring with 'mobile' anchoring gear)
Where should the mobile anchor be located?
Anchoring in coral water
Statutory regulations
The anchor watch - is the anchor holding?
Weighing anchor
Breaking out the anchor
Anchor tangles
Anchoring in bad weather
What to do when the windlass fails
What to do when the anchor cannot be broken out