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2. How do boaters avoid hazards? What to know about markers ...

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   Just like traffic lights and signs help drivers on the road, boaters have buoys and signs to guide them to and from shore safely.

3. Navigational aid - Wikipedia

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   Lead marks (as in "leading a ship into a safe place") and lights are fixed markers that are laterally displaced to allow a mariner to navigate a fixed channel along the preferred route. They are also known as "channel markers". [14] [failed verification] They can normally be used coming into and out of the channel. When lit, they are also ...

4. Anchor windlass - Wikipedia

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   The anchor is shackled to the anchor cable (US anchor chain), the cable passes up through the hawsepipe, through the pawl, over the windlass gypsy (US wildcat) down through the "spurling pipe" to the chain/cable locker under the forecastle (or poop if at the stern (US fantail)) - the anchor bitts are on a bulkhead in the cable locker and the bitter end of the cable is connected to the bitts ...

5. Buoy - Wikipedia

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   Marker buoys, used in naval warfare (particularly anti-submarine warfare) emit light and/or smoke using pyrotechnic devices to create the flare and smoke. Commonly 3 inches (76 mm) in diameter and about 20 inches (500 mm) long, they are activated by contact with seawater and float on the surface.

6. Mark It & Mean It: Here Are the Best Permanent Markers You ...

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

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   The line allows the anchor to be unhooked from an obstruction, such as a rock or another vessel's anchor cable, so preventing raising the anchor in the normal way. [13] anchor chain . Also anchor cable. A chain connecting a ship to an anchor. anchor detail A group of men who handle ground tackle when the ship is anchoring or getting under way ...

8. 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 ...

9. Our 21 Best 30-Minute Soups That Are Creamy & Comforting - AOL

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   In this creamy radish soup recipe, radishes are sautéed and pureed with potato, creating a velvety, healthy soup. Cooking radishes also tones down any bitterness while leaving plenty of sweet ...