A BC Ferries Spirit Class vessel exits Active Pass en route
to Swartz Bay, north of Victoria. (CBC)
CBC News is reporting:
“The boat started shuddering and immediately did a very large doughnut,” McCorquodale. said. “After about 10 minutes, the captain came on and then told us that the anchor had spontaneously dropped from the boat.”
The complete CBC News post is here.
(Ed. note: Thanks to BE reader Rod Pugh for the link.)
That’s great! A large doughnut, indeed! I’d hate to be the crewman who caused the anchor to “spontaneously” drop.
Do you teach clubhauling in your classes, Captain?
Seventy2002, Good One! Use whatever advantage you can. We don’t cover this in the 100 ton class. There’s lots of room for OJT.
Yeah we know those massive anchors are so prone to spontaneous release. Happens all the time at WSF. Ha ha ha.
Doug, Welcome home.
Thanks, Cap. Good to be back.