The large anchors carried in the bow of a vessel. Three are usually carried, two (the main bowers) in the hawse pipes, or on bill boards, and a third (spare) lashed on deck or elsewhere about the vessel for use in the event either of the main bowers is lost. The weight varies with the size and service of the ship.
Ii-ankile ezinkulu ezithwelwe kumphambili wenqanawe. Kudla ngokuthwalwa ezintathu, ezimbini (kumphakathi omkhulu wenqanawe) ziba kumathumbu agcina ishenki ye-ankile, okanye ubiyo lwamaplanga exeshana, eyesithathu (eyokulalelisela) iqiniswa kumgangatho okanye naphi na enqanaweni ukuze isetyenziswe xa kwalahleka enye yezomphakathi omkhulu wenqanawe. Ubunzima buyashiyana ngokobungakanani nenkonzo yenqanawe.