I experienced this anchored of a reef entrance very close the reef itself. The vessel was a small general cargo ship and after lashing two small lighters together with telegraph poles we discharged a couple of buses and a 19 tonne airport fire tender.
As dusk approached we found the anchor firmly fast and had an unsettling night seeing the surf breaking on the reef uncomfortably close. The next day with the assistance of a diver we were able to take out the turn that the cable had made around around a coral head and get underway.
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