wheels 543 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 There must surely be a better way of doing this. I would assume the drum is hydraulic powered to haul the chain in, so why don't they use the same to pay it out.http://www.break.com/video/freighter-anchor-chain-gets-loose-2982605 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I'm guessing that the weight of the chain going down is enough to help it down. The problem is the brake. On systems I've seen the brake is separate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 jeez, you wouldn't want that coming out of your paypacket Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dkd 3 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 that's an oops and imagine the paperwork, event reports etc etc etc Once the brake band started burning nothing was going to stop it. We always drive the cable (chain) out for that very reason and did not think anyone still allowed the cable to "free run" Interesting is it snapped the BitterEnd and all ended up on the ocean floor, suddenly ship is out of class ..... just became bigger oops moment. Thinking will show our deck crew ........ great training vid of what not to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Arh so there was a Bitter end then huh? I wondered. I wasn't sure if it would have been connected, but was waiting for something really nasty to happen when the yellow paint shot past. Watching everyone scarper, likely they thought exactly the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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