Anchors!!!

[Safe-Keeper]

To clarify my position from above, I say add anchors.

Pros:

• Adds hazards to harbours (getting anchor chains snagged in your propeller). This could be done fairly easily without having to actually animate the chain being entangled in your prop. Just stop the boat when the propeller touches the chain and you're home free. A bit akin to how sub nets are implemented, but don't work realistically.
• Keep you from drifting.
• Makes for nice eye-candy.
• Battleship anchors make for good anti-midget sub weapons.

Cons:

• Development time.
• Moving with anchor down (just make it so that you can't. Have the anchor automatically rise upon engaging engines or something).

I'm not knocking you for asking, because it's a good question. Ask for anchors, but please don't complain because they didn't even think of it; nobody can think of everything, especially something relatively minor. Maybe now that you've said it they'll add them to SHIV.

They have to have thought about it, it's just that it's not such an important feature that it matters.