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A painter is a rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [1] Ideally, the painter should float. If used on a boat with a propeller, the length of the painter should be shorter than the distance to the propeller, to prevent fouling the engine.
On a square-rigged ship, a bowline (sometimes spelled as two words, bow line) is a rope that holds the edge of a square sail towards the bow of the ship and into the wind, preventing it from being taken aback. [8] A ship is said to be on a "taut bowline" when these lines are made as taut as possible in order to sail close-hauled to the wind. [9]
Clewlines (green) and buntlines (red) for a single sail. The sail here is semi-transparent; fainter lines are running behind it. Clewlines and buntlines are lines used to handle the sails of a square rigged ship. The leechlines are clearly visible running inwards and upwards from the edges of the sail.
A set of Azimuth Thrusters on the Acergy Discovery in dry dock. A marine thruster is a device for producing directed hydrodynamic thrust mounted on a marine vehicle, primarily for maneuvering or propulsion. [1] There are a variety of different types of marine thrusters and each of them plays a role in the maritime industry.
Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. fore-and-aft) and its shape, (e.g. (a)symmetrical, triangular, quadrilateral, etc.).
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HMS Thetis aground Warping or kedging is a method of moving a sailing vessel, typically against the wind or current, after running aground, or out from a dead calm, by hauling on a line attached to a kedge anchor, a sea anchor, or a fixed object, such as a bollard or tree.
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