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  2. Anchor handling tug supply vessel - Wikipedia

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    Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, and use them to secure the rigs in place. AHTS vessels sometimes also serve as Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs) and as supply transports. Many of these vessels are designed to meet the harsh conditions of the North Sea ...

  3. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    A capstan is a vertical- axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of sailors when hauling ropes, cables, and hawsers. The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle. The capstan and the anchor windlass on the deck below that it drives.

  4. Aiviq - Wikipedia

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    Her hull has a beam of 24.4 metres (80 ft) and depth of 10.4 metres (34 ft 1 in). [1] Fully laden, she draws 8.6 metres (28 ft 3 in) of water. [ 57 ] 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 ...

  5. Anchor - Wikipedia

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    Holding ground is the area of sea floor that holds an anchor, and thus the attached ship or boat. [4] Different types of anchor are designed to hold in different types of holding ground. [5] Some bottom materials hold better than others; for instance, hard sand holds well, shell holds poorly. [6] Holding ground may be fouled with obstacles. [6]

  6. Warping (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    Warping (sailing) Warping or kedging is a method of moving a sailing vessel, typically against the wind or current 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. In small boats, the anchor may be thrown in the intended direction of progress and hauled in after ...

  7. STV Pathfinder - Wikipedia

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    STV Pathfinder is a traditionally rigged brigantine formerly operated by Toronto Brigantine Inc., a sail training organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1963-2017. Pathfinder, along with her sister ship TS Playfair (still in operation), operated a youth sail training program during the summer holidays.

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