610/ Anchor Handling and Towing Operations Procedure / 992
A
nc
h
or
H
andlin
g
and To
w
in
g
O
p
erations
P
rocedure
BOS-
P
RD-2
6
.900
6
14
-
(
A
).
Before rotating the anchor
,
pull on the cable
,
the anchor will be free to turn (B) and (
C
) (fig. 3-3
8
).
P
ull anchor on the
s
tern roller
,
allow the anchor to turn with it
s
back on the roller
,
fluke point
s
up. Then pull
further on deck .When the anchor i
s
on deck
,
la
ys
on it
s
back with
s
hackle toward
s
v
e
ss
el’
s
cable between
the upward
s
directed fluke point
s
.
B) Second operation: Decking the anchor from the bottom.
x
When the anchor i
s
of the botto
m,
the
s
hip
s
tart
s
to back up toward
s
the rig. Nor
m
al
di
s
tance will be about 300-400
m
tr
s
fro
m
the original anchor po
s
ition
,
but thi
s
will depend
on water depth.
x
When the anchor reache
s
the
s
tern roller
,
it will nor
m
all
y
be orientated the correct wa
y
. If
the orientation of the anchor i
s
not correct
,
the anchor ha
s
to be lowered down
,
and the
s
hip ha
s
to back up clo
s
er toward
s
the rig and then tr
y
to deck the anchor again.
C) Decking anchor with bridle system
Si
m
ilar operation
s
a
s
per
s
ection
4.2.1.10 Decking anchor
(
A &
B) of thi
s
AH
T
P
RO
C
E
DUR
E
but if
the anchor i
s
not on the correct wa
y
to be docked then
:
x
Turn the
s
hip
s
heading about 90
°
on the direction of the anchor
sys
te
m,
and
s
tretch the
chain. B
y
perfor
m
ing thi
s m
anoeu
v
re
,
the anchor will turn the correct wa
y
.
x
Start to hea
v
e in the anchor at the
s
a
m
e ti
m
e
y
ou are turning the
s
hip back in line with the
anchor
sys
te
m
. The anchor will now be in the correct orientated and it will be po
ss
ible to
deck the anchor.
When nut
s
on delta plate are facing up
,
the anchor i
s
nor
m
all
y
correct orientated.
4.2.1.11 Retrieving anchor by pick up buoy. Shallow water
Before the u
s
e of cha
s
er
s,
all anchor
s
were buo
y
ed off. With the increa
s
ing nu
m
ber of
m
id line buo
ys
and
in
s
ert
s,
thi
s
practice i
s
reappearing.
A
pennant wire i
s
about 120 or 1
5
0
m
long
,
77
mm
dia
m
eter wire with
hard e
y
e
s
on each end.
Deli
v
ered to the
v
e
ss
el in coil
s,
the
y
are opened b
y
connecting the outer end to the winch
,
and throwing the
inner end o
v
er the
s
tern. The
y
are either attached to the
PCP
wire fitted to the collar on the anchor
,
or
V
er
s
ion S
F
(BOS-
P
RD-0701.000
5
-
v
er.
C
R). Original Date
:
31/12/201
5
.
V
er
s
ion Date
:
N/
A
.
V
alid
v
er
s
ion onl
y
on
QM
S
s
ite.
P
age
34
of
60
P
rocedure prepared b
y:
BOS
H
ead of Operation
s
.
A
ppro
v
ed b
y:
BOS
H
ead of Operation
s
.
V
alidated b
y:
BOS
Q
ualit
y
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s
entati
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e.
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