Marina Exam Reviewer: You are coming to anchor in 8 fathoms of water. In this case, the:

Marina Exam Reviewer

You are coming to anchor in 8 fathoms of water. In this case, the: 

A. anchor should be lowered to the bottom then the ship backed and the remainder of the cable veered 
B. anchor should be lowered to within 2 fathoms of the bottom before being dropped 
C. scope should be less than 3 times the depth of the water 
D. anchor may be dropped from the hawsepipe 



Answer:      D. anchor may be dropped from the hawsepipe 

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