Anchor

A device connected to a vessel by a rode and deployed to the bottom to limit the vessel’s movement.

Different anchor designs hold by burying in the seabed, hooking suitable ground, resisting through shape and weight, or a combination of these effects. Holding performance depends on anchor design and size, bottom type, setting technique, load direction and the condition of the equipment.

The complete anchoring system includes the anchor, shackles or connectors, chain and/or rope rode, securing point and handling equipment. Sufficient scope and swinging room must be selected for depth, tide, weather and nearby hazards; no single fixed scope ratio is suitable for every vessel and situation.