An anchor is a unit of length used in typography, equal to 1/6 of a line or 1/72 of a foot. In typography, a foot is a unit of measurement equal to 12 inches or 0.3048 meters. Therefore, one anchor is equal to 1/72 of a foot, or approximately 0.0042 feet.
A shackle is a unit of measure of anchor chains which is equal to 90 feet.
217 - 20 = 197 Therefore, it is 197 feet between the seabed (and anchor) and the sea level.
Using Pythagoras' theorem it is 26 feet
Assuming you are on a boat and you are using a standard sized anchor, then if the water is 20 feet deep you'd use 20 feet of line.
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A shackle is a unit of measure of anchor chains which is equal to 90 feet.
8,712 sq. ft in an anchor.
217 - 20 = 197 Therefore, it is 197 feet between the seabed (and anchor) and the sea level.
-197 ft.
1 Shackle = 15 fathoms or 90 feet.
66 ft
Using Pythagoras' theorem it is 26 feet
An anchor is typically measured in weight (usually in pounds or kilograms) rather than feet.
It took 20 horses to pull titanics anchor and at its time was the bigest anchor ever forged and for some time after that. but I do not know how large it was.
Assuming you are on a boat and you are using a standard sized anchor, then if the water is 20 feet deep you'd use 20 feet of line.
Assuming you are on a boat and you are using a standard sized anchor, then if the water is 20 feet deep you'd use 20 feet of line.
The length of chain between the shackles of a ships anchor chain is 90 feet.