Ground Tackle for Sea Scouts

Anchoring requires understanding Ground Tackle. This webinar will include selected elements from Ordinary and Able Ground Tackle Requirements, to empower Sea Scouts to understand how to anchor a vessel. The webinar will include:

Name the parts of a stock anchor and a stockless anchor. (Ordinary 8(a)); Describe five types of anchors. Describe how each type holds the bottom, the kind of bottom in which it holds best, and the advantages or disadvantages of each type. (Ordinary 8(b)); Identify the parts of the anchor cable starting with the anchor and ending at the vessel. (Able 8(b)); Identify a capstan or windlass and explain its use in handling line, wire rope, or chain. (Able 8(e)).