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2. Fishing tackle - Wikipedia

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   Fishing tackle boxes have also been manufactured so the drawers themselves become small storage boxes, each with their own lids. This prevents small tackle from mixing, and can turn each drawer into a stand-alone container which can be used to carry small tackle to a rod some distance from the main tackle box.

3. 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]

4. 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 ...

5. Lazarette - Wikipedia

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   The lazarette or lazaret (sometimes lazaretto) of a boat is an area near or aft of the cockpit. The word is similar to and probably derived from lazaretto. A lazarette is usually a storage locker used for gear or equipment a sailor or boatswain would use around the decks on a sailing vessel. [1] [2] [3]

6. Beach gear (ship salvage) - Wikipedia

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   17 sets of heavy beach gear were utilized help un-ground the USS Missouri in 1950. A typical set included: Crown buoy and recovery wire [4] Two four-ton anchors; 15 fathoms of 2 1/4" chain; 250 fathoms of 1 5/8" wire rope; Set of four fold-blocks with 1200' of 5/8" wire rope; Four plate shackles for connecting wires, chain and anchor

7. Caisson (engineering) - Wikipedia

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   In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (/ ˈ k eɪ s ən,-s ɒ n /; borrowed from French caisson 'box', from Italian cassone 'large box', an augmentative of cassa) is a watertight retaining structure. [1] It is used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, [2] or for the repair of ships. [3]