Home

Anything is said to be home when it is hauled out as far as it can go, as the clew of a gaff topsail when it is sheeted to the sheave hole in the end of the gaff.

An anchor comes home when it does not get a hold but drags along over the bottom in kedging instead of allowing the vessel to be walked up to it. The same applies to a ship's anchor when heaving in the chain.