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  2. Boat anchor (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    The term boat anchor has been extended to software code [6] that is left in a system's codebase, typically in case it is needed later. This is an example of an anti-pattern and therefore can cause many problems for people attempting to maintain the program that contains the obsolete code. The key problem comes from the fact that programmers ...

  3. History of the anchor - Wikipedia

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    Bruce Anchor Co has its primary role in the very large anchor business, producing mooring anchors and permanent installation types for heavy industry, such as oilrigs. On the back of this reputation, the Bruce small boat anchor type was initially very successful, and represented some significant improvements over the CQR. It is no longer produced.

  4. Stockless anchor - Wikipedia

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    The stockless anchor is an improved version of the Admiralty anchor it is derived from. It has two flukes that pivot on the same plane perpendicular to the shank. [2] The weight of the shank and accompanying chain, or the shank angled under tension, keep the anchor laying flat on the sea floor.

  5. Sea anchor - Wikipedia

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    A marine parachute anchor for a large yacht awaiting bagging up. A conical sea anchor with tripline (from an illustration in The Sailors Handbook by Halsey C. Herreshoff). An early wooden drogue. A sea anchor (also known as a parachute anchor, drift anchor, drift sock, para-anchor or boat brake) is a device that is streamed from a boat in heavy ...

  6. Cathead - Wikipedia

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    An anchor secured to the ship's side. The projecting beam the anchor hangs from when not secured is a cathead (left). The anchor has a stock (cross-piece, in this case wooden) below, and curved flukes above (end-on); the shank is the near-vertical metal bar running between them, lashed with the shank painter Cathead on bow of the barque James Craig; the cat tail protrudes onto the deck and is ...

  7. Berkley (fishing) - Wikipedia

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    Berkley is a fishing tackle company founded in Spirit Lake, Iowa, in 1937 [1] as Berkley Fly Co. by Berkley Bedell. History. The Jarden Corporation acquired ...

  8. Anchor handling tug supply vessel - Wikipedia

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    The machinery is specifically designed for anchor handling operations. They also have arrangements for quick anchor release, which is operable from the bridge or other normally crewed locations in direct communication with the bridge. The reference load used in the design and testing of the towing winch is twice the static bollard pull.

  9. Aiviq - Wikipedia

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    Since Aiviq is an anchor handling tug and supply vessel, she is fitted with a large towing winch located amidships as well as chain lockers and storage tanks for both liquid and dry bulk cargo under the main deck. [61] Her gross tonnage is 12,892, net tonnage 3,867 and deadweight tonnage 4,129 tonnes. [1]

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