Top 5 Anchor Drop Failures

I need earplugs watching this on my phone 😢

And modern women are like we don’t need men really I do see any of you girly girls ever doing this shit

What do the shots and # of fathoms mean on the 3rd one? I can only guess fathoms are links or a metric used at sea?

The US Navy should take a page out of Russias Naval training and condition sailors to the point if the anchor chain brake fails a single sailor can grab the chain before it builds up too much momentum and hold it in position.

The clips would be much better without the music

What idiot decided to destroy the videos by adding annoying moronic background "music" ?

Who else forgot their giant rusty anchor?

Anchor lowering needs a total rethink.

How many times you think fish and sharks get clobbered by these things?

I like number 2 so fun

I'm no physicist, but don't fast moving metal gears and chains generate enormous amounts of heat? I can only assume that's dangerous.

Malakaa no mpre anchor

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

That must have been some deep water!! lol

Amazing choice of music

What is with the ridiculous music?

SAILORS! SEE THAT ANCHOR?

AYE, AYE SIR!

I DONT LIKE IT!

AYE, AYE SIR!

More than anything... This video shows me how deep God made His oceans

Terrifying but hilarious.

Spooky ooky

Turn the bloody music off!

It's crazy that guys just stand feet away watching the whole thing go down like it's nothing. If I saw a runaway anchor malfunction right in front of me, with all failsafes clearly broken, I'd be outta there asap!

Oh my god turn off the stup1d music WTF

fckn music spoils it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mmm good ol’ brake asbestos.

What went wrong in number 4 (guy looked and yelled something about a pipe? )

First vid.

Where the heck is all that chain stored????

WOW😮😮😮

I now that it finishes the anchor

Is it me or the first one kinda sounds like a train

“Go ahead and swim home, you’re fired”

i love how in the first video as the chain gets faster the cameraman gets shakier

These fails could be eliminated with rotating aluminium/copper discs sandwiched between magnets using eddy currents to create an increasing opposing force with increasing drop speed, basically a rotary version of the linear systems used in drop towers to guarantee a safe landing, with the added benefit of reduced break wear, reduced 'stop-start' and easier operation; I'd be surprised if these weren't already in operation or at least on the drawing boards.

They clearly weren't anchored well enough.

Why would these not be hydraulicly controlled and anchored to the ship? Lmao

Bruh... how much metal was that 😳

Nice!

every video gets interesting the night before exam. Tommorrow I have exam on data structure and I find this video interesting though I know nothing about big ships or anchors

Chief boats is gonna have to answer to that one

Pretty cool, huh?

You can either swim down and get it, or it's coming out of your salary.

Why the music. Not necessary. Ruins the video.

Trying to control a Calculus equation with an Algebra brake...

Have they ever thought about maybe an electro-magnetic braking system considering all that weight? Probably expensive, but it would also have virtually zero maintenance and less failure rate I would imagine.

Its a wonder with so much power availaible (in the military ships at least) as to why its not powered down rather than rely on mechanical brake? The torque is clearly available to lift the anchor, why not run that in reverse to drop it

The 1st one ancor get independce and went crazy

Massive chain I had the honor and the privilege of dropping the anchor of the USS Long Beach in the Indian ocean off the island of Mauritius