Top 5 Anchor Drop Failures

These anchor drops get a little out of control to say the least! Today's video is on the top five anchor drop failures.

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[philipstorm]

Why do you have to add music when there's action going on? We want to hear how they break apart

[usmmchris]

I'll give what enlightenment I can as a sailor. The first 4 videos are basically mechanical failure on the anchor apparatus, called a windlass. The brakes on an anchor windlass are pads, much like on a car or truck(though obviously made tougher).

What happens during an anchor drop is initially the brakes are holding back the weight of the anchor - but as more chain comes out the amount of weight the brakes need to hold back increases. On older equipment the weight can be too much for the brake system.

In the chain locker(the compartment where the chain sits when it's not in use) the end of the chain is bolted, welded, etc. to the inside of the compartment so that in normal operation the ship does not lose it's chain. IN the event of a runaway anchor chain, however, it's not uncommon for that bolting, welding, etc. to fail and result in the whole chain coming out. In the one video it mentioned a "warning show" and danger shot'. The Warning shot is all yellow and is literally the "run away" warning. The danger shot is all red and is just what it says, because at that point if you're close to the windlass you're in extreme danger - hence why you saw the people running away in the one video(the one where the flames were coming out of the windlass). Sometimes the plate it's bolted to will hit the end of the spill pipe, thus the thud we heard in one of the videos.

IN short, it's one of the potentially most dangerous operations that happen on a ship, fueling and docking being the other two big ones in my opinion. Very easy for something to go wrong. Hope this explaination gave a little insight to you folks.

[die_ware_jacob]

nobody:

YouTube at 1am:
"Bruh, wanna see some failed anchor drops?"

[slothmarathonpromotions]

I used to enjoy spending time with my children now I just watch anchor drop fail videos 24 hours a day.

[Bobscents]

I can't imagine anything more scary than standing next to a runaway anchor and chain. As a former squid, if I'm not mistaken, just one of my ship's chain links weighs approximately 310 lbs. You get caught in that moving mass, you are a red mist through the hawsepipe!

[jstample]

Me watching this video: wow yeah they really messed that up

Also me: *never seen an anchor dropped properly in my life before*

[Barnacules]

This is why I don't use anchors and choose just to drift around like an idiot when I'm out sailing the high seas with my giant ships!

[LincolnSixAlpha]

Imagine how bored you must be to scroll down to read my comment.

[doctrnic]

This is just incredible how much force and weight the anchor and chain weigh while flying uncontrollably

[klausvogler]

I once had this happening with a roll of toilet paper. Completely unwinded itself from the pull of gravity. Quite fascinating. :)

[jrod]

Love this narrators descriptive ability. " here are 5 armchair drops that go wrong. Number five, this anchor job goes wrong. Number four, this anchor drop doesn't go right. Number three, this anchor drop didn't go too well..." like, he just had a thesaurus out in front of him and glanced down at it once or twice.

[SteBradburyDesign]

"Before this video ends, we wanted to include a few successful anchor drops as well to get the video to the 10 minute mark"
There you go, fixed that sentence for you ;)
But in all seriousness, why not just say it how it is? It's blatantly obvious that that is the reason for the successful drops, to stretch the video to the 10 minute mark.

[Zakamooza]

GREAT! this is what my life is about,
watching Anchor drop failure videos at 1 am

[geloradananrlyeh]

Q: What do sailors use to blow their noses?
A: Anchor-chiefs.

[larrymaybury]

I had no idea it was so dangerous. I completely underestimated this video when I clicked on it, having never seen an anchor drop.

[jnkmal]

When your watching a video called "top 5 anchor drop failures" you quickly realize there is a top 5 video for every last thing.

[ryanstevenson]

"We wanted to add a few successful anchor drops" I think you mean. "We didn't have enough to draw it out to 10 minutes so here's some more stuff to look at."

[Torniojaws]

You know shit's got real when steel starts to burst out flames :D

[royeb]

Navy officer on the phone to the supply office:
- Do you have an XXL anchor and chain, please?
- I need one for my carrier.
- Seems to have misplaced the one I had. Can't find it anywhere.

🤣🤣🤣

[lyubenkoa]

seems like there isn't that much difference between "gets a little out of hand" and "goes terribly wrong"