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... WINDLASS The engine used to hoist a bower anchor is an anchor windlass ; stern anchors on assault landing craft are handled by a stern anchor winch . There are two types of windlass : the vertical - shaft type used on most combatant ...
... WINDLASS The engine used to hoist a bower anchor is an anchor windlass ; stern anchors on assault landing craft are handled by a stern anchor winch . There are two types of windlass : the vertical - shaft type used on most combatant ...
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... windlass is unlocked . With the brake off and the windlass locked , the wildcat turns with the shaft . Most large combat ships have a separate anchor windlass for each bower anchor . Some small fighting ships like DE's , however , have ...
... windlass is unlocked . With the brake off and the windlass locked , the wildcat turns with the shaft . Most large combat ships have a separate anchor windlass for each bower anchor . Some small fighting ships like DE's , however , have ...
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... windlass room . The windlass then takes a slight strain on the chain , and the brake is released . Sufficient further strain is taken to slack the tension on the stoppers , and all except the first one abaft the hawsepipe are released ...
... windlass room . The windlass then takes a slight strain on the chain , and the brake is released . Sufficient further strain is taken to slack the tension on the stoppers , and all except the first one abaft the hawsepipe are released ...
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General Ship Description | 3 |
Marlinspike Seamanship | 17 |
Deck Seamanship | 50 |
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abaft ahead altitude anchor angle attached azimuth beam bearing belayed bitts block boat's boatswain's pipe boom buoy cable called canvas cargo celestial center line chain chart chock chronometer circle clove hitch compass course davits distance engine expresses the idea eye splice fore-and-aft forward gear gunwale gyro half hitch hatch hauling hawsepipe hawser head headway heaving hitch hoisting hook inland keel knot latitude light line of position line or wire load located longitude loran lower main deck mast means meridian mooring nautical miles navigation Navy outboard paravane Pilot port reef band rhumb line rope rudder Rules running sailing craft sennit sextant shackle ship ship's side signal slack spar speed starboard station steering stern stopper stowage stowed strain strake strands swing tackle term applied topping lift towing tucks turn usually Vernal Equinox vessel whip winch wind windlass