走錨予測に関する一考察

抄録

Lying on single anchor is a common practice for seafarers when they are to make their ship fast at an open sea room. And it is also the well known anxiety whether the anchor is effective enough to keep the ship safe at the original position in a strong wind. We calculated the motion of a ship lying on single anchor in rather a strong wind, and it is our belief that we could propose a tentative estimation method of time spared before the anchor started dragging