Question 525General Subjects - Assistant Engineer

The correct answer is C) The manual brake hand wheels control band brakes that are associated with the wildcats only. This is because on a horizontal electro-mechanical anchor windlass, the manual brake hand wheels are typically connected to band brakes that act on the wildcats, which are the primary components that raise and lower the anchor. The warping heads, on the other hand, are used for handling mooring lines and are usually controlled by separate clutches or brakes. The manual brake hand wheels do not directly control the brakes for the warping heads in this type of windlass configuration. The other answer options are incorrect because they either incorrectly associate the manual brake hand wheels with both the wildcats and warping heads (A), or they suggest the brakes can be connected to either the wildcats or warping heads (D), which is not the typical design for this type of windlass.