The drum is fitted with pawls to prevent overhauling under the strain of the hawser or chain when the power is shut off. The engine may be disconnected and the capstan operated by hand through the medium of capstan bars.
winch - A drum with crank handles and pawls, fitted to the mast or desk to get in the halyards and sheets. The drum is usually designed to rotate only one way so that tension on the line will hold the line from slipping back ...
At the end of the stock are loose pawls. There are no keys or bolts, and the only fastening is for the cable. The anchor takes to pieces readily and stows snugly. In 1890 Colonel Bucknill also invented a portable anchor for small yachts.
 See also: Open, Bobstay, Abaft, Abeam, Abreast
  
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