Hate it when this happens

Chris Isaac · Jun 26, 2010

Tell the bosun to "carry on" and go back to your cabin.

Pat Thompson · Jun 26, 2010

Greetings,

It was clearly a fluke!!!

barrypriddis · Jun 26, 2010

Looks like they are trying to hang the anchor off in its present position and then walk back on the cable in the hope that the cable will free itself from where it is jammed beneath the shank and fluke. Did it work?

Stephen J. Card · Jun 26, 2010

I'd tell the bosun to get the he*l out of it! If he thinks that bit of 'twine' is going to take the weight of that mess he will end up killing someone!

Walk it out till it is on the bottom and have another go.

JIMMY HAMILTON · Jun 26, 2010

Obviously happened when the anchor was dropped and a pile of over run on the chain fell about the flukes , goes to show the anchor would not have held in this state, looks link a twisted link caused it not to free itself

trotterdotpom · Jun 26, 2010

The crew must have been "bunch of cowboys" to lassoo an anchor.

John T.

pete · Jun 26, 2010

Pat.... are those sort of comments your Stock in Trade (heh heh)...............pete

RHP · Jun 26, 2010

I feel sorry for the trainee bracing himself on the end of that line!

"Take the slack son, we're walking out the cable... now!"

RNW · Jun 27, 2010

There was a happy ending. We hired a barge, lowered the whole thing onto it's deck, used the lassoo to lift the flukes which freed the chain.
Expensive, but safe.

david_crosby · Jun 27, 2010

Give it to the Middies to do "job 'n' finish"

Hate it when this happens

Chris Isaac

Pat Thompson

barrypriddis

Stephen J. Card

JIMMY HAMILTON

trotterdotpom

pete

RHP

RNW

david_crosby

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