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  2. 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. [ 60 ] 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 ...

  3. Warping (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Thetis aground Warping or kedging is a method of moving a sailing vessel, typically against the wind or current, after running aground, 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.

  4. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    As ships and their anchors grew in size, the anchor cable or chain would be too big to go around the capstan. 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.

  5. Boat anchor (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    [1] In amateur radio, a boat anchor or boatanchor is an old piece of radio equipment. [2] It is usually used in reference to large, heavy radio equipment of earlier decades that used tubes. In this context boat anchors are often prized by their owners and their strengths (e.g. immunity to EMP) emphasised, even if newer equipment is more capable.

  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. KNBC - Wikipedia

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    The studio opened on February 1, 2014. [12] Shortly thereafter, NBCUniversal named the new broadcast center in honor of former KNBC and NBC News anchor/reporter Tom Brokaw, christened the Brokaw News Center. [13] In fall 2007 with the rollout of digital broadcasting, the station began airing a 24/7 newschannel News Raw on the .2 subchannel. [14 ...

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