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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- North American Rescue CAT tourniquets.
- PierShare to rent your dock out or rent a dock.
- BoatUS for your boat towing insurance! Code: “HEWAF88”
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