crank - Not stiff under canvas; a boat that can be heeled or listed very easily ; generally a dangerous boat. See also "Cripple" and "Tender."
cranse - An iron hoop baud with eyes, fitted to bowsprit ends or the ends of other spars.
Cranky:
From the Dutch krengd, Said of a vessel with little stability, whether due to design or to stowage of cargo.
Creep:
To search for a sunken object by towing a grapnel along bottom.
Winch crank
Aluminum alloy handle used to turn the halyard winch spools when hoisting the main and jib sails. Designed as a shear pin to break at 30 lbs. of torque to protect more expensive pieces in the system.
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Crank -- Not stiff under canvas; easily heeled or listed.
Cranze or Cranse -- A metal band with eyes on it fitted to the end of a bowsprit or other spar.
Cringle -- A metal thimble worked in the clews and leeches of sails.
Start cranking the chain up while it is slack. When you get to the snubber line, stop cranking and simply remove it. Then resume cranking. When the chain is taut again, instruct the helmsman to move the boat forward again.
If you cranked the engine for a long time you may have hydro-locked it. This occurs when the water pump fills the exhaust with water and it runs back into a cylinder.
To turn. To crank a winch is to turn the winch handle. A boat cranked down is heeled far over.
cranky
Difficult to steer, unstable.
Crank - Said of a vessel with little stability, whether due to design or to stowage of cargo.
Creep - To search for a sunken object by towing a grapnel along bottom.
Crest - The top of a wave.
ECCENTRIC A form of crank in which a circular disk set eccentrically upon a shaft forms both the crank web and the crank pin and converts circular to rectilinear motion.
Moving sideways through the water cradle A frame used to support a boat when she is hauled out of the water crank or cranky A boat that heels too easily crest The top of a wave crew (noun) 1. All personnel operating a ship; 2.
trailer winchDevice that uses a crank and cable to assist in launching and retrieving a boat. transducerAn electronic sensing device mounted in a boat's bilge or at the bottom of the transom to provide data for a depth sounder.
CRANK A vessel is crank when inclined to lean over, so that she cannot carry much sail. CROSS-JACK (Pronounced cro-jack) the crossjack yard is the lower yard on the mizzen. CUDDY A small shelter cabin in a boat.
A ship having small initial stability is said to be " crank," while one possessed of a large or excessive amount is termed " stiff.
This sets in motion a crankshaft (or drive shaft) linked to the piston by a connecting rod. Successive explosions in the cylinder cause the crankshaft to turn and a gear assembly activates the propeller.
In its simplest form it consists of a spool and attached crank. The spool can also be called the winch drum. More elaborate designs have gear assemblies and can be powered by electric, hydraulic, pneumatic or internal combustion drives.
Usually it is necessary to put the jibsheet on a winch, once the sail catches the wind, and to start cranking the winch to bring in the sheet as the sail unfurls. Ideally, try to keep the jib in trim for your point of sail as it unrolls.
The strap or cable is in excellent condition.
No one is in direct line with the cable or strap, in case it breaks and snaps back. If the winch is hand-cranked, be sure the ratchet is engaged.
Winch - Lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds. Ussually a metal drum shaped like device used to assist in trimming sails. Handles can be attached to add additional power.
The opposite to crank.
STOCK - The cross bar at the end of an anchor's shank.
STOP - A fastening of small stuff.
STOW - To put an item in its proper place.
STROP - An eye of rope or wire spliced round a block.
 See also: Boat, Stand, Sailing, Top, Keel
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