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To: bitt

Regarding the anchor comment....saw several articles today indicating the port anchor was dropped.


5 posted on 03/26/2024 6:26:05 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone; bitt
Regarding the anchor comment....saw several articles today indicating the port anchor was dropped.

There are photos that show the port anchor was dropped. Here's one:


31 posted on 03/26/2024 8:28:43 PM PDT by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: ealgeone

Saw a boat captain say that at 6 to 8 knots, dropping anchor is as useless as a rider trying to stop a motorcycle going 100 mph with his boot.

Also he said he was surprised the anchor wasn’t ripped off the ship.


55 posted on 03/27/2024 1:20:58 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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