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A mast head fitting with a wind vane arrow and two aft-facing legs that approximately coincide with the close-hauled apparent wind angle.
WINDLASS: A power winch on the bow of the vessel to pull the anchor up, usually electric.
windlass
Rotating drum device used for hauling line or chain to raise and lower an anchor.
working sails
Sails used in normal winds.
windlass - A mechanical device used to pull in cable or chain, such as an anchor rode.
Windlass Failure
Although a pain in the neck, all electric windlasses can also be operated manually with a handle stored next to the windlass. Make sure to ask the briefer before departing how to operate it.
Windlass:
A windlass is probably the most wonderful invention since the light bulb and can make your sailing holiday a real dream. It is a device which will lift your anchor for you. If you have ever had to struggle to lift a 45 lb.
windlass - A horizontal barrel, revolved by cranks or handspikes, for getting in the anchor. In yachts a small neat capstan is used.
wind marks - The marks or assumed marks on sheets to which they are hauled in for sailing by the wind.
Manual windlass. A bit more work for anchoring, but no likelihood of sticking in a dangerous situation.
Sails: Jib with roller furling. Easy to handle from the cockpit.
Sails: Staysail that hanks on.
Anchor windlass
A windlass used to assist when raising the anchor.
Anchorage
A place where a boat anchors, usually an established and marked area.
anchor windlass
A mechanism that is used in yachts to raise an anchor through the warp around a drum
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Anchor Windlass:
A windlass is a winch:like device used to assist in the raising of the anchor.
Anchorage:
A sheltered place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.
ANCHOR WINDLASS - Device used to assist when raising the anchor .
ATHWARTSHIPS - At right angles to the centerline of the boat; rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.
AWASH - Deck level with surface of water.
Windlass - A rotating drum used to haul in a line or a chain
Windward - Toward or into the source of the wind
Windward - Toward the wind, opposite of leeward ...
A windlass used to assist when raising the anchor.
Anchorage
A place where a boat anchors, usually an established and marked area.
Anchor Locker-Storage space used for the anchor rode and anchor.
Anchor Watch - A member or members of the crew that keep watch and check the drift of ship.
Anchor windlass- A windlass used to assist when raising the anchor ...
windlass: winch for hauling in the anchor chain or line. wind rose: a diagram usually shown on pilot charts that indicates the frequency and intensity of wind from different directions for a particular place. windward: toward the wind.
- Proof Coil and Windlass Anchor Chain — For most applications, a long nylon anchor line connected to a chain rode is adequate. Vessels without a windlass can use standard Proof Coil Anchor Chain.
A winch with its drum on which the line is wrapped turning on a vertical axis; Compare to windlass 2. A mechanical device used for hoisting anchors or other heavy objects captain 1. Commander of the ship; 2.
DECK MACHINERY A term applied to capstans, windlasses, winches, and miscellaneous machinery located on the deck of a ship. DECK PLANKS, or PLANKING A term applied to the wood sheathing or covering on a deck.
Capstan: - the drum-like part of the windlass, which is a machine used for winding in rope, cables or chain connected to an anchor cargo.
Capsize -To turn over.
Capstan - drum like part of the windlass used for winding in rope, cables, or chain connected to cargo or anchors
Cast Off - To let go.
Catamaran - A twin-hulled boat, with hulls side by side.
RANGE - To range chain, is to get a certain quantity before the windlass so that, when the anchor is let go, it will run out to the bottom without a check.
REEFING - To reduce the area of a sail by rolling and tying up a portion of it.
At least we could set the kedge off the bow and use the bow rollers as guides and the windlass for leverage.
Inside is a manual Lofrans windlass, with the handle stowed on clips. Drainage is overboard and the locker is separated from the rest of the boat by a watertight bulkhead. One stainless steel pivoting anchor mount with a rubber roller is standard.
A support for a steering wheel, winch, windlass, or other gear. Pedestal steering is a streering system with a wheel on a pedestal.
pelican hook
A long hook that looks somewhat like a pelican's bill.
Surge To allow a rope to slip on a power windlass while it is revolving; to allow a rope under tension to slip while on a cleat or bollard.
A strong vertical post used to support a ship's windlass and the heel of a ship's bowsprit. Also called a sampson post. (back)
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Tighten the rode as the boat is moved back and forth by the waves or use a winch or, if present, the anchor's windlass to pull the boat off the shoal. Use of the winch may also heel the boat and raise the keel off of the bottom.
Quincy, I~Iassachusetts, for the sulphur trade, is a single-decked vessel, with triangular side ballast tanks and fitted with a short forecastle which carries the windlass gear, ...
waypointThe coordinates of a specific location. weighTo raise anchor. windlassRotating drum device used for hauling line or chain to raise and lower an anchor. working sailsSails used in normal winds.
windlass -- winch for hauling in the anchor chain or line
Window A transparent portion of a jib or mainsail.
Windward - upwind ...
 See also: Boat, Anchor, Chain, Sailing, Weigh
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