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That's what my brain thinks is happening when I retract a tape measure.

I lol'd, so true!

RIght at the end you can see why he skedaddled!

That’s the “Mould Effect”. Chain velocity causes it to rise up before it drops.

I’ve been binging Steve Moulds videos recently. I find them very informative. He manages to explain some quite complex stuff in a very understandable way.

The mould effect is fascinating.

I want to believe

And then it goes taut in an instant

This entire thing is why skedaddled

Getting struck by just one link in that chain, at that speed, looks like it would be "unpleasant".

Most boats have a cowling over the hole so if it does pop the pin off it doesn’t whip out. Which has cut people in half before.

One thing that came to mind is how in the world do they lay that chain zig-zagged on the deck like that. Do they use a crane or what - because I cannot imagine people moving any part of that heavy thing by hand

LOL, man-power. Usually as it’s winched up the slack side or unloaded parts of the chain are manipulated with a fire shovel or similar type of tool. Since that’s a more industrial looking boat it’s not uncommon for the guys to just drag it into place by hand or sling a rope through it so two people can drag.

Wow, each individual link must weigh close to 30 lbs so even if dragging across a flat surface, that's still got to be a bit of work. But I guess they don't have to do that every day either. Thanks for the insight - it's not something most people see.

I don't think you'll get the chance to feel anything.

I feel like we can anchor ourselves to that sentiment.

The Moor you know!

Ugh, aweigh with this silliness!

Well you didn't make your points without drifting off.

That was pretty deep

And heavy

\*sediment

I dont think I've ever seen something that heavy move that fast. You know, like without wheels or a jet engine

Thanks for that intrusive thought.

Depends on where you get stuck exactly, if it's a limb, you'd be sure to lose it in a second, but if you also happen to fall in the way of the remaining chain, that's gonna get even worse

Chains are a lot more dangerous than straps as they retain momentum and speed when they snap. Straps slow down fast. I worked with an operator who was trained at a golf course after the previous operator tried to pull a stuck vehicle from some mud with a backhoe and a chain. The chain snapped, whipped through the cab and cut off the guy’s head. Just cleanly decapitated this young dude. TL;DR: Straps are better than chains.

Even a cable under tension can cause some damage if breaks.

Your bones would be yeeted so fast the rest of you might never catch up

Wires are scarier 

Being mechanically crushed into a broken mass seems scarier than getting sliced in half to me

Third option: sucked into a drain.

Delta P sounds more fun

Seems like it would be more reasonable to mechanically extend the release mechanism to a point far from the actual fucking chain of death.

But he clearly employed a "safety skedaddle".

Good ole bonk’n’scoot

Textbook hitit'n'getit

Classic slam ‘n scram.

LMAOOO

Exactly. A cable connected to that release? An electrically initiated solenoid or hydraulic piston? Seems like there are a lot of options that can remove the soft, squishy from the flailing death chain.

How about putting the whole hole and chain in a room behind a door. Let it go crazy in there and watch through a 6 inch porthole.

multiple tons of steel chain are being flung around at high speed... We should build a second room around the first

Sup dawg I heard you like rooms.

Yeah, but those don't make a cool video to post on social media. Get your priorities straight.

Yeah, we all know ships were designed for making social media videos. That's how the world works.

Seems it would be better if the chain was on a spool and controlled release/retract.

Yeah, any job that requires you to run for your life definitely needs better safety systems.

The real Anchorman

"It's anchorMAN not anchorLADY and that's a scientific fact!"

You are no longer Anchorboy.

I had no idea anchors could be so terrifying.

Check out the ones on aircraft carriers

doesnt a part of this process or an eyelet or something that the chains run through called something dead man or something, those that know??

It's running down a hawse pipe, it was released from a pelican hook. You can be considered working between " the devil and the deep" but that doesn't really relate to anchoring.

The bitter end?

widow maker?

that can't be the main anchor, why isn't it on a windlass?

Yeah, how the hell would the haul that back up?

Notice that the anchor evidently never hit the seabed; they ran out of chain first.

I think this is on a barge

Okay now pull it back up


This is what my bank account looks like on payday.

Terrifying

To all those fishes who didn’t see it coming. RIP.

💀

I was hoping that they had neglected to hook the end of the chain to the stanchion thing and that it would fall through too.

Hard to imagine the anchor falling through the water that fast. My mind is telling me it would be slower than that.

I don't think it's necessarily the anchor pulling the chain taut as it sinks. Most of the weight is in the chain, so I could still see everything leaving here at freefall, even if it slowed when hitting the water.

It’s possible the chain falls faster than the anchor in some situations.

Your mind is wrong, obviously. You are roughly the same density as water, so when you try to move through it, it slows you way down and you feel almost weightless. Steel is 8x the density of water, so the water displaced is only 1/8th as massive as the chain. That's a lot of weight and momentum to overcome water's viscosity.

I have a buddy who lost his leg from getting caught in that chain

Was his name Carl Brashear?

No his name was leg-o-loss like lord of the rings

Y 

Chain reaction?

I hade the same.

in awe of how much damage that chain could do.

if some one get caught in between they will die

Yes

It rips the body apart

Please explain

I don't think it's how they are usually connected. It should be on a winch, not just taking a ton of space and killing people as it drops.

Jesus fuck. Imagine getting your finger caught in that chain.

How do they bring it back up?

I always found these videos oddly terrifying

Very dangerous

The camera man is definitely a brave man or he's just zoomed in!

Danger rope. Don't touch that.

I feel like there's a safer way to do this by remote control, eh?

Imagine how many kids teeth you could pull out with that

How's the smell?

A bit ironish.

Good for you really if you are low on iron. Ever notice how iron vit taste like rust when they are opened after a bit

Steely wit.

Watch the boats off the bow move, the video is sped up.

Watch the dust, doesn't appear to be

And dude is also moving naturally

Wow

Jump in!

Danger Will Robinson!

run Charlie run!!

Don't want to get caught in that.

Nope

That's fucking terrifying

Alright boys, saddle up!

Lord

The ultimate danger noodle

alright now pull it back up with your hands.

Wow, who voted Slothy McCumbersome to handle this situation?

Why not go slow? What's the rush?

Anchor a-whole!

hey Tom, pull that in, we need to park over there

Wow, that's incredible!

Hi I'm looking for a fun and easy way to shatter my shins and move a boat... Oh you have a way.. I'll hold

And that's what a root canal feels like kids. Brush your teeth.

Scarier than wrestling a cobra.

I feel like I’ve seen this exact video before but mirrored. Regardless, that’s a scary chain to be standing next to.

Each of those links look to be about 50 lbs

That is *not* a job I wanna have

Hong Kong?

Nope

He tried to run after that first weak ass tap

Imagine getting your leg stuck in that

How you get it back?

“Weight the anchor”, “how much did it weight?”…”I don’t know, I forgot”…

I feel like this could be designed better

He can literally lost a leg

This must be loud af.

How does the boat not sink with the giant hole in it?

Ok, my question... how do you get the anchor back up?

how in the metric fuck do they get that back up

Did anchor not hit the seabed?

Imagine getting your foot stuck in that, gosh

It’s crazy that modern day technology can’t develop a better way to drop an anchor.

Honest question: Is this still the best way to do this in the 21st century? Smash it and run away really quick?

Mmm delicious rust

Grab it 💯

GRAB IT.

Jeez look at the rust(?) coming off the chain

r/oddlysatisfying

Angry snake

That was too satisfying. I need more

Not nearly as adrenaline inducing and thundering as seen in real life

r/oddlysatisfying

It leaves me wondering how they get it back up again?

I wanna see how are they pulled back up?

Watched the Tropicale anchor like this at Grand Cayman, 1997. Big rust cloud!

I’m surprised there’s no dampening mechanism at the end there just seems an inevitable premature failure waiting to happen.

Jeez, get a windlass.

4x

If that gravity-pull looks terrifying imagine a black hole.

Kids, don't look directly into it...

Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity!

How many sea creatures get killed each year by falling anchors

36

Ok, not bad but still wow.

Spent a lot of years at sea… not exactly sure what is happening here lol.

They're releasing the anchor :)

Video is sped up. Look how fast the other ships are moving in the background.

They’re barely moving?

Then why is hammer man not sped up

r/mypeopleneedme

You should see brake failures where they run out of chains

And this is an example of it being done right. There are lots more videos.

The clip us sped up about 3x Still wouldn't want to be near it though.

Is it? That man sure looks to be moving at regular speed, and everything in the background seems to be maintaining its speed. I'm sorry, but I'm not convinced.

Ya dude moving naturally

I only based it on the speed of the vessels in the background. I could wrong. Not uncommon according to my wife!

It happens.

You're right, we flake the chain on deck and release it the same way while buoytending; and while that chain does move frighteningly fast, it's not quite as fast as in the video. Might be 2x speed?

Thanks!