锚泊中的帆船起航时,首先要做的事就是将沉重的铁锚从水底拉到船上来,这就是起锚。起锚与抛锚相比是一项极为繁重的体力劳动,试想从水底将一块巨石打捞上来远比从船上推下石头困难。起锚时船长要安排相当多的水手进行这一作业。因为风向及水流的作用,舰船在锚泊时都停在锚的下风方向,起锚 The first thing to do when anchoring a sailboat sets sail is to pull a heavy iron anchor down from the bottom of the ship. This is the anchor. Anchor compared with the anchor is a very heavy manual labor, just want to salvage a boulder from the bottom than pushing the stone from the boat difficult. When anchoring, the captain should arrange a considerable number of sailors to carry out this work. Because of the direction of the wind and the effect of water flow, the anchorage stops the ship in the downwind direction of the anchor and starts to anchor