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2. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   Also, a wet cable or chain would be difficult to manage. A messenger would then be used as an intermediate device. This was a continuous loop of cable or chain which would go around the capstan. The main anchor cable or chain would then be attached to the messenger for hauling using some temporary connection such as ropes called nippers.

3. Trolling motor - Wikipedia

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   Hand-control: tiller for steering, with speed control either built into the tiller or a control knob on top of the unit. Hand controlled trolling motors are attached to the boat with a clamp. Foot-control: on/off and speed controls are foot-operated, and built into a pedal that also controls the steering mechanism.

4. Yawl - Wikipedia

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   A yawl setting a genoa, main, and mizzen The lines plan of a Royal Navy 26 ft (7.9 m) yawl, dated 1799. The transom stern differentiates this type from the double-ended, clinker-built working craft. A yawl is a type of boat. The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig (or sailplan), to the hull type or to the use which the vessel is put.

5. Rudder - Wikipedia

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   Generally, a rudder is "part of the steering apparatus of a boat or ship that is fastened outside the hull, " denoting all types of oars, paddles, and rudders. [1] More specifically, the steering gear of ancient vessels can be classified into side-rudders and stern-mounted rudders, depending on their location on the ship.

6. Steering oar - Wikipedia

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   The steering oar or steering board is an over-sized oar or board, to control the direction of a ship or other watercraft prior to the invention of the rudder. [ 1 ] It is normally attached to the starboard side in larger vessels, though in smaller ones it is rarely, if ever, attached.

7. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship [3]: 151 Helm of TS Golden Bear. A ship's wheel is composed of eight cylindrical wooden spokes (though sometimes as few as six or as many as ten or twelve depending on the wheel's size and how much force is needed to turn it.) shaped like balusters and all joined at a central wooden hub or nave (sometimes covered with a ...

8. Steering pole - Wikipedia

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   A steering pole is a light spar extending from the bow of a straight deck ship which aids the wheelsman in steering. [1] Ancient literature indicates that steering poles have long been part of boat construction, and are referred to in ancient texts such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. [2] [3]

9. Self-steering gear - Wikipedia

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   Another version of wind vane self steering on sail boats is known as the vertical axis vane and usually, because of the inferior steering force output compared to servo pendulum devices it makes use of a trim tab hung off the rudder to control the course of the boat. The vane spins at right angles to the ground and can lock to the trim tab in ...