Anchor watch
The anchor watch is part of the watch when a ship is at anchor . It serves the safety of the watercraft, the crew and other watercraft.
The anchor watch takes care of this by taking bearings and observing the surroundings.
The following dangers must be averted:
- Wind, currents and / or swell can detach the anchor from the bottom and drift the vehicle. With rotating winds, obstacles (rocks, lost containers, other anchored vehicles, etc.) in the Schwojkreis can be dangerous.
- Other helmsmen are not always alert so that they can spot an anchored vessel in good time. The anchor watch therefore uses vision and radar to determine collision courses with other vehicles.
The anchor watch is obliged to avert danger to the ship and its crew by alerting, e.g. B. by a new anchor maneuver. Parts of the crew have to be woken up at night in order to carry out the maneuvers.
Anchor guards are common or mandatory , especially in maritime shipping . Sailors who do not (anchor) Security guard have that are off duty on (they have no responsibilities and can relax - "Bauer night").