SEAMANSHIP (Anchoring and Towing) Quiz

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

To bend two hawsers together for towing, what knot should you use?

a) Double carrick bend

b) Fisherman’s bend

c) Square knot

d) Rolling hitch

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

What is the most favorable bottom for anchoring?

a) Very soft mud.

b) Rocky.

c) A mixture of mud and clay.

d) Loose sand.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

What is lifting the anchor from the bottom called?

a) Broaching the anchor.

b) Shifting the anchor.

c) Walking the anchor.

d) Weighing the anchor.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

What should determine the size and type of anchor to be used?

a) The size of your vessel.

b) Type of bottom your vessel will be anchored in.

c) Sea conditions.

d) All of the above.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

It is a common rule of thumb to use what length of chain when anchoring under normal conditions?

a) Five to seven times the depth of water.

b) Seven to ten times the depth of water.

c) Twice the depth of the water.

d) Twice the depth of water plus the range of tide.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

What would be the affect if you pay out more anchor cable?

a) Decrease the holding power of your anchor.

b) Decrease the swing of your boat while at anchor.

c) Increase the holding power of your anchor.

d) Increase the possibility that your boat will drag anchor.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

What is the catenary in a towline?

a) The same as a bridle

b) The downward curvature of the hawser.

c) A messenger line.

d) A defect that needs to be repaired.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

During an astern tow, increasing the catenary will:

a) Reduce the shock stress on the towing hawser.

b) Increase the control of the tow.

c) Decrease the control of the tow.

d) Increase the number of legs on the bridle.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

How many legs does the bridle of an ocean tow have?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

How are the legs of a bridle joined together?

a) Fishplate.

b) Pelican hook.

c) Splice.

d) Knot.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

The length of anchor chain or rope paid out should be how many times greater than the depth of the water under normal conditions?

a) 1-2

b) 5-7

c) 10-12

d) 15-20

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

What is the anchor, anchor rode(line or chain), shackles and other gear for attachment together called?

a) Ground tackle.

b) Line Stoppers.

c) Fractional rig.

d) Anchor bend.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

What is the part of the anchor that digs into the bottom?

a) Skeg.

b) Chock.

c) Kedge.

d) Fluke.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

The first step when an anchor is dragging is to:

a) Pull up the anchor and reset it.

b) Let the anchor drag until it does hold.

c) Pay out more scope until the ratio of chain to depth is about 10:1.

d) Don’t do anything.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

The first step to try to free a fouled anchor is to:

a) Reverse the original angle of pull.

b) Put engine(s) in full reverse.

c) Pull in the direction of the angle of pull.

d) Cut the anchor line.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

To retrieve a fouled anchor, a good technique would be:

a) A kedge anchor.

b) A buoyed trip line.

c) A heavier chain.

d) None of the above.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

Which of the following is important regarding a tow line when towing in an open seaway?

a) Made only of wire rope due to possible weather conditions.

b) That will have the tow on a crest while your vessel is in a trough.

c) That will have the tow on a crest while your vessel is on a crest.

d) With little dip to gain maximum control of the tow.

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

To pass a towing line to a disabled vessel you would use a:

a) Heaving line

b) Hawser

c) Catenary

d) Shock cord

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

When towlines are released, what can be used to overcome the whip?

a) Guys

b) Stays

c) Chocks

d) Preventers

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Category: MASTERS – SEAMANSHIP – Anchoring and Towing

To prevent strain on towlines you can use:

a) Nylon bridle

b) Guys

c) Drogues

d) Shrouds

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