Shank
The long bar part of an anchor. The flukes are at one end of the shank, and the stock is at the other.
She
All boats are referred to as female.
sheepshank - A knot used to temporarily shorten a line.
ship - 1 - A large vessel. 2 - To take an object aboard, such as cargo, or water. 3 - To put items such as oars on the boat when not in use.
sheepshank - A plan of shortening a rope by taking up a part and folding it into two loops or bights, and then putting a half hitch of each standing part over a bight.
SHANK - Shaft or anchor.
SHIP - A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.
SKEG - Metal extension on outboard motor's leg to protect propeller.
Sheepshank is a shortening knot, which enables a rope to be shortened non-destructively.
Sheave - the wheel of a block pulley ...
Sheepshank A knot used to temporarily shorten a line. Snatch block A block that can be opened on one side, allowing it to be place on a line that is already in use. Splice The place where two lines are joined together end to end.
DANFORTH ANCHOR: A patented lightweight anchor characterized by long, narrow, twin flukes pivoted at one end of the relatively long shank.
DAYBEACON: A fixed navigation aid structure used in shallow waters upon which is placed one or more daymarks.
To hoist the sails shank Long part of an anchor she or her A nautical pronoun used when referring to a boat sheathing A casing or covering on the bottom of a vessel sheave (shiv) 1.
Fisherman 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.
SHANK - The shaft of an anchor.
SHEAVE-HOLE - A hole in a spar to reeve a rope through.
SHEET - A rope attached to the clews of a sail, by means of which the sail is trimmed to the wind.
receiver boxPart of a hitch that receives and holds the hitch bar or shank. receiver hitchA hitch with a receiver from which a hitch bar or shank can be removed.
In Hall's improved (fig. 5) the arms and crown of cast steel are in one piece, and the shank of forged steel passes up through an aperture in the crown to which it is secured by two cross bolts.
A Norwegian praam with a boilerplate centerboard, combining ballast and lateral resistance, and carrying a big sail, was built in 1878 at Shankhill. She was christened Cesmiostama, and proved an ideal boat.
A modern temporary anchor usually consists of a central bar called the shank, and an armature with some form of flat surface (fluke or palm) to grip the bottom and a point to assist penetration of the bottom; ...
All anchors have flukes (points that dig into the bottom or grab rocks) and a shank (a vertical bar). Many also have a stock (a horizontal bar that prevents rolling over) and a crown (where the stock, flukes, and/or shank meet).
PIN, BELAYING A small iron or tough wood pin, made with a head, shoulder, and shank. It is fitted in holes in a rail and is used in belaying or making fast the hauling parts of light running gear, signal halyards, etc.
While more traditional yachtsmen still favour only anchor chain, in my opinion, it is noisy, too heavy and places unnecessary strains on the yacht. However, modern anchors maintain their hold on the bottom, only so long as the shank is lying parallel ...
An anchor which can be folded for easy stowage. The shank and arms do not move, but the stock moves up to the right angles to the arms.
admiralty law
The "law of the sea".
Crown 1) Where the arms of an anchor meet the shank, 2) the knot when the strands of a rope are interlocked to start a backsplice.
Crutch Fitting to support boom.
For clenching the lands the nails are sometimes flattened and tapered to a chisel point, making them easier to bend, but the size of these suggests they were clenched through steamed timbers. An S-bend in the shank shows the turning point was ...
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.
2) A traditionally shaped anchor having flukes perpendicular to the stock of the anchor and connected by a shank.
sump pump: small pump for shower drainage. surge: rising and falling of the sea, usually due to wave action. swage: a cylindrical metal shank that is cold-rolled onto the end of a wire as a terminal.
 See also: Boat, Keel, Forward, Deck, Anchor
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