A kedge is simply a word for an anchor that is deployed when you are aground. Kedging is the process of hauling in on that anchor in attempt to float the boat. Before we could set a kedge, we had to launch the dinghy.
KEDGE: 1) To use an anchor to move a boat by hauling on the anchor rode. 2) a spare or emergency anchor, usually stored in a cockpit locker.
kedge anchor
A secondary, lighter anchor. Traditionally shaped anchor having flukes perpendicular to the stock of the anchor and connected by a shank. These are less common than modern anchors such as the plow and lightweight anchors.
KEDGE A lightweight anchor for kedging or moving the vessel by pulling up to it.
King spoke The spoke of the steering wheel which is upright when the rudder is amidships.
Knot One nautical mile per hour.
Kedge Anchor: A secondary, lighter anchor
Keel: The lowest part of a boat that stabilizes the hull and decreases sideways drift. In wooden vessels, frames are normally attached to the keel.
Kedge:
(1) A small auxiliary anchor.
(2) To kedge is to move a vessel (e.g., a grounded boat) by setting out an anchor and pulling the boat toward it by taking up on the anchor rode ...
To kedge off is to place an anchor to pull the boat off a shoal and into deeper water. The anchor is taken out a distance with a dinghy to a proper scope of (7:1).
kedge off
To pull a grounded boat into navigable water using an anchor.
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Kedge anchor. A traditionally shaped anchor having flukes perpendicular to the stock of the anchor and connected by a shank. These are less common than modern anchors such as the plow and lightweight anchors.
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(1) To kedge off. A method of pulling a boat out of shallow water when it has run aground. A dinghy is used to set an anchor, then the boat is pulled toward the anchor. Those steps are repeated until the boat is in deep enough water to float.
In yachts, a kedge anchor is an anchor carried in addition to the main, or bower anchors, and usually stowed aft. Every yacht should carry at least two anchors - the main or bower anchor and a second lighter kedge anchor.
KEDGE - A small anchor. To kedge, is to warp a vessel along with hawser and kedge.
KEEL - The centerline of a boat running fore and aft; the backbone of a vessel.
Send out a kedge, and let all hands clap to on the line. If the tide is on the ebb, you may probably have to wait till high water. Now comes a ticklish crisis.
ANCHOR, KEDGE A small anchor used for warping or kedging. It is usually planted from a small boat, the vessel being hauled up toward it. The weight varies, being usually from 900 to 1,200 pounds.
Stern, stream and kedge anchors are usually stowed with special davits.
 See also: Boat, Anchor, Wind, After, Forward
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