“A shot, one of the forged lengths of chain joined by shackles to form an anchor cable, was usually 15 fathoms long (90 feet (27.4 m)).” A fan also asked when Rosbach calls shots on the boat.

Starting with rope, it sometimes serves alone as an anchor line. More often, it is used as just one component—along with shackles, swivels and chain—to make up an anchor rode. So-called all-chain rode ...

The chain from an anchor formed a walking path through the items. Schiller was adding to the collection by bringing to the collector an oversized shackle used to fasten a heavy anchor chain to a ship.