Emergency Dragging Anchor Procedure Checklist

Emergency Dragging Anchor Checklist

• Make sure you are safe
• Make sure your crew is safe
• Look around the boat for other boaters, bridges, sand bars, rocks
• Determine wind direction, current, set and drift
• Check downwind and/or down current
• Decide if it is safer o let out more scope to solve the problem
• Start engine
• Assign bow watch to look for yours and other rodes, run a big torch and signal the helm
• Turn on running lights
• Engage engine to keep you from dragging further back
• Assign someone to announce situation on VHF and keep watch
• Have sound producing device ready for emergency signals
• Have someone at bow make sure you don’t run over your own anchor line or others’ lines

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