Literally...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/30/passenger.drops.cruise.anchor/index.html?hpt=T2

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'Puzzled77' wrote :

> "Now here's another thought. The cruise line promotes
> drunkenness for its own profit. For them to do this, and
> at the same time have no protections on anchor deployment,
> is essentially criminal negligence. The drunk should have
> found it impossible without a key or code to drop anchor."

These were my EXACT thoughts.

The only place you can drop anchor on a ship like that is from the bridge. Not sure about the details here but something doesn't add up. Those things are dropped by an electric wench controlled on the bridge which is always manned.

mcsmack Wrote:
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> The only place you can drop anchor on a ship like
> that is from the bridge. Not sure about the
> details here but something doesn't add up. Those
> things are dropped by an electric wench controlled
> on the bridge which is always manned.


Really? Have you served as a crewman on one of those ships?

tomahawk Wrote:
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> mcsmack Wrote:
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> -----
> > The only place you can drop anchor on a ship
> like
> > that is from the bridge. Not sure about the
> > details here but something doesn't add up.
> Those
> > things are dropped by an electric wench
> controlled
> > on the bridge which is always manned.
>
>
> Really? Have you served as a crewman on one of
> those ships?

No but if I know anything I know boats. If you look at the big holes in the front of the hull that is where the main anchors deploy one on each side. They are not even accessible to passengers. It would be impossible for anyone to deploy them unless they were in command at the controls.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2010 08:44PM by mcsmack.

I've spent time on a large ship. The rooms with the "large holes" are called the foc'sle (forecastle) and the anchor chains are wrapped around large capstans. ETA: they loop around the capstan and then are run down into the chain locker where they are laid back and forth neatly in folds called "shots".

The anchors are deployed not by pushing a button on the bridge, but by a guy with a sledgehammer knocking a wedge out and controlling the chain runout by means of a brake on the capstan.

I suppose this could be done remotley with hydraulic equipment, but a cruise ship is so large that you wouldn't take the chance of not having a manual backup for such an automated system. Even a modern ship is run by muscle.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2010 09:00PM by tomahawk.

tomahawk Wrote:
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> I've spent time on a large ship. The rooms with
> the "large holes" are called the foc'sle
> (forecastle) and the anchor chains are wrapped
> around large capstans. ETA: they loop around the
> capstan and then are run down into the chain
> locker where they are laid back and forth neatly
> in folds called "shots".
>
> The anchors are deployed not by pushing a button
> on the bridge, but by a guy with a sledgehammer
> knocking a wedge out and controlling the chain
> runout by means of a brake on the capstan.
>
> I suppose this could be done remotley with
> hydraulic equipment, but a cruise ship is so large
> that you wouldn't take the chance of not having a
> manual backup for such an automated system. Even a
> modern ship is run by muscle.

You can deploy anchors manually however how is a drunk going to find the sledge hammer?

Well, I've thrown heavier things around drunk...

You scratched my anchor!

> ...Those things are dropped by an electric wench...

Oooo...every ship shopuld have one of those!

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_bC7kg4bROOvLxf8zGu0hlOStRutH2_-CRwqGGOobJzqtDTFzQQ

Button Pusher Wrote:
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> > ...Those things are dropped by an electric
> wench...
>
> Oooo...every ship shopuld have one of those!
>
>

Like I said " I know boats" and maybe a few hoes

me likes electric hoes