Not sure of the reason for the letting go of the anchor (accidental or
intentional) but, luckily, no one was injured (the guy overboard was
quickly retrieved) and damage to the boat, was supposedly minimal.

Normal procedure on a merchant ship, is to have the anchor on the brake,
when preparing to let go. The wildcat will be disengaged; riding pawl,
flipped out of the way; and pelican hook or wire stoppers removed .....
simply release the brake and let it go.
Depending on depth and whether the ship is slightly moving astern
(preferably), the chain will stop running on it's own, or may have to be
stopped with the brake (hate runaways).

otn

Charles T. Low wrote:
Most of us have seen the short video clip - I came across another link for
it today - but does anyone know the story behind it? Was the guy who fell in
the water OK? How much damage to the smaller vessel? Surely an anchor is
never intentionally dropped that quickly?

Charles

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