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The document discusses considerations for anchoring a ship, including: - Carefully examining charts of the anchorage area and factors like depth, seafloor type, and expected weather before anchoring. - Determining the amount of anchor chain ("cable") to deploy based on depth, seafloor, time at anchor, swing room, weather, tides, and ship characteristics. As a general rule, four times the depth of water is a minimum. - Planning the approach, anchoring in steps, and selecting navigational references to fix

Author

Andreea Diaconu

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