Day Skipper Quiz · Channels and traffic schemes

Should you anchor in a narrow channel?

Seen from above: a narrow channel running up the picture, red can buoys down the left side, green cone buoys down the right, shallows beyond them. A yacht with an anchor symbol in the middle of the channel.
Seen from above: a narrow channel running up the picture, red can buoys down the left side, green cone buoys down the right, shallows beyond them. A yacht with an anchor symbol in the middle of the channel.
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No, avoid it unless you have no choice. Avoid anchoring in a narrow channel if you possibly can. You would be in the way of everything using it.

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