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2. Winch - Wikipedia

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   The winch is made of cable made up of a braided synthetic rope, or a steel cable wrapped around a motorized drum. Each is controlled electronically, allowing the operator to control the winch speed. [5] Modern vehicles typically use electric winches running off the car's 12V starter or 24V secondary battery. The winch is either controlled with ...

3. 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 ...

4. General Dynamics Electric Boat - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of submarines built at Electric Boat's Groton plant and does not include earlier submarines built by other companies under contract to Electric Boat. General Dynamics Electric Boat built every unique US Navy submarine after 1931, excepting Halibut (SSGN-587) and the purely experimental Albacore (AGSS-569) and Dolphin (AGSS-555) .

5. Catalina 375 - Wikipedia

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   The design features two cockpit-mounted Harken 44 jib winches and two additional electric winches on the cabin top for the mainsail and halyards. There is a split anchor locker designed to hold two anchor rodes, raised by a Maxwell 1000 windlass. The standard factory-supplied rig includes an in-mast furling mainsail equipped with vertical battens.

6. Active heave compensation - Wikipedia

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   In an electric winch system, the wave movement is compensated by automatically driving the winch in the opposite direction at the same speed. The hook of the winch will thus keep its position relative to the seabed. AHC winches are used in ROV-systems and for lifting equipment that is to operate near or at the seabed. [3]

7. Lagoon 440 - Wikipedia

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   It has electric winches and can also be helmed via the autopilot from the main salon nav station. It displaces 26,786 lb (12,150 kg). [1] [2] [7] [8] The boat has a draft of 4.27 ft (1.30 m) with the standard twin keels. [1] [2] The boat is fitted with twin Swedish Volvo Penta diesel engines of 40 hp (30 kW) each, for docking and maneuvering. A ...