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2. Anchor windlass - Wikipedia

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   The combined port anchor windlass and winch of the modern ferry Stena Britannica. The hydraulically operated brake and pawl allows the anchor to be dropped from the ship's bridge. [citation needed] A windlass is a machine used on ships that is used to let-out and heave-up equipment such as a ship's anchor or a fishing trawl. On some ships, it ...

3. Windlass - Wikipedia

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   A windlass cocking mechanism on crossbows was used as early as 1215 in England, and most European crossbows had one by the Late Middle Ages. [6] Windlasses are sometimes used on boats to raise the anchor as an alternative to a vertical capstan (see anchor windlass). The handle used to open locks on the UK's inland waterways is called a windlass.

4. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   Capstan winches were also important on sailing trawlers (e.g. Brixham trawlers) as a means for fetching in the nets after the trawl. When they became available, steam powered capstan winches offered a great saving in effort. These used a compact combined steam engine and boiler below decks that drove the winch from below via a shaft.

5. Hoist (device) - Wikipedia

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   Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.

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. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Warp: anchor line, traditionally made of stiff natural fibre such as hemp, today of stronger, lighter, synthetic fibres such as laid nylon, prized for its elasticity in absorbing shock loads on an anchor. Winch: a geared device providing both friction and mechanical advantage in sail trimming, hoisting large sails, and retrieving an anchor ...

8. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   Most marine GPS units have an anchor watch alarm capability. anchor winch A horizontal capstan in the bow used for weighing anchor. [2] anchorage Any place suitable for a ship to anchor, often an area of a port or harbor. anchor's aweigh Said of an anchor to indicate that it is just clear of the bottom and that the ship is therefore no longer ...

9. Steam donkey - Wikipedia

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   A steam donkey or donkey engine is a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications. Steam-powered donkeys were commonly found on large metal-hulled multi-masted cargo vessels in the later decades of the Age of Sail on through the Age of Steam, particularly heavily sailed skeleton-crewed ...