316 NICEOLLS'S SEYMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE
5. You are riding weather tide in a strong breeze, where will vour an/?ir>r
be lying?
If the wind has more effect on the ship than the tide has, she will
forge ahead of her anchor and probably he partly athwart the tide.
The anchor will then be on the quarter and remain there as long as the
wind is strong enough to keep the ship in that position.
If the wind moderates so that the tide has the greater effect, she will
drop back again, and the anchor will lie ahead.
6. Where would the anchor be if you were riding lee tide?
Ahead, unless I gave her a small sheer from it, in which case it
would be a little on the bow.
7. How would you heave your anchor up if your hawsepipe was badly
damaged?
Hang a kedge anchor over the bow in a suitable position, lash
it securely with chain, and let the cable come in over one of the arms.
8. You are riding to a strong tide with a shoal on your quarter; how would
you sheer your vessel?
I would sheer her towards the shoal so that, in the event of the ship
breaking her sheer and starting the anchor, she would go away from it.
Also, the anchor, when the ship was sheered towards the shoal, would
probably be pulling towards rising ground and hold better.
9. You are anchored astern of another vessel in a tidal river. What
would you do if you found that she was dragging her anchor and
driving towards you?
Veer away as long a scope as possible on the cable and try to get
clear of her by giving my ship a broad sheer. Should screw the windlass
up with a shackle just abaft it ready for slipping, if necessary. Buoy
the cable. Have good fenders handy.
10. You have managed to clear her, but she has fouled your cable with her
anchor. What would you do?
Slip it, and bring up with my other anchor. If I had steam I should
have no difficulty in picking out another berth, or steaming away clear
if the river was overcrowded with shipping. If no steam, should have
to be specially careful not to get athwart of any other vessel or go ashore.
11. What would you do if the positions were reversed, and you were
driving down towards another vessel?
Let go my second anchor. Use my engines if I had any steam. If