Introduction General Glossary Warnings Assistance Anchoring Arrival, Berthing, and Departure Course Draught and Air Draught Fairway Navigation Canal and Lock Operations Manoeuvring Pilotage Position Radar Navigational Warnings Routeing Speed Tide and Depth Tropical Storms Tugs Way Points Weather Fishing Helicopters Ice-breakers Wheel Orders Engine Orders Pilotage (On-board) Manoeuvring (On-board) Propulsion System Going To Anchor Leaving The Anchorage Berthing / Unberthing	Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary
	Going To Anchor
	Is / are the anchor(s) ready for dropping? Anchor(s) is / are ready for dropping. Walk out the anchor(s). We are going to an anchorage. Have the starboard / port / both anchor(s) ready. We will use/drop the port/starboard/both anchor(s). Put one/two/three . . . shackles in the water/in the pipe/on deck. Walk back the port/starboard/both anchor(s) one/one and a half shackle(s). We will let go the port/starboard/both anchor(s) . . . shackle(s) and dredge it. Drop port/starboard/both anchor(s). Pay out the cables(s). Check the cable(s). Hold on the port/starboard/both cable(s). Where is the cable leading? Is the anchor / are the anchors holding? Has she been brought up? She has been brought up in position . . . Switch on the anchor lights. Hoist / lower the anchor ball. Check the anchor position by bearings.