chain locker - Storage for the anchor chain.
channel - A navigable route on a waterway, usually marked by buoybuoys. Channels are similar to roads where the water is known to be deep enough for ships or boats to sail without running aground.
chain locker - Stowage space reserved for the anchor line/chain.
chainplates - Fittings located on the outer deck edges (or on the hull sides) to which riggings are fastened.
Chain Locker:
The compartment, near and below the hawse holes at the bow, for stowing the anchor chains; a compartment in the lower part of a ship for stowing an anchor chain.
The chain locker is a triangular well three feet on a side, and nearly that deep. Inside is a manual Lofrans windlass, with the handle stowed on clips.
BITTER END The inboard end of a vessel's anchor chain which is made fast in the chain locker.
Metal links often found in the anchor rode. The chain locker is a storage area for the anchor rode. A chain hook is a metal claw that grabs and secures a chain anchor rode.
chainplates
Sturdy metal straps connecting stays to the hull.
Any storage place on a boat. See also chain locker, hanging locker, and wet locker.
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FIG. 12.General Arrangement I, Crew space. 5, Chain locker. 9, Coffer d~
2, Cabins. 6, Pump-room. io, Oil-tank, 3, Engineers cabins. 7, Water-ballast tank. ii, Boiler-rc 4, Store. 8, Fore-hold. I2, Engine-I ...
 See also: Chain, Keel, Boom, Boat, Block
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