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Officers have the quatrefoil on their service caps, and all wear the bronze 1868 globe and anchor and khaki shirts with neckties.
The anchor winch has a large drum on the back, with its axis along the wreck.
Ursula Fri-Bernhard and Jan Kyhle anchor this production with exciting performances in the first act.
Where space permits, oysters and jingle shells sometimes anchor themselves to the horseshoe crab.
The anchor windlass is located in a foredeck locker to keep it out of the way when not needed.
On the small foredeck there is an anchor windlass and anchor storage as well as excellent access for handling ground tackle and bow lines.
Julia stared nervously at the thin cord as it shifted under Asha's weight, fearing the tiny anchor would not hold.
There was a gouge three foot across where the anchor had been winched up, ripping corals out with it.
The Crew dropped anchor in the hope of keeping out of the tide race, which is very strong between the Isle of Eynhallow and Mainland.
The crew had run out the kedge anchor to move the vessel ahead when breaking seas interfered.
It is me who, while still being beaten, raises the anchor by hand because they have already stolen the control cable that operates the windlass.
This is the compartment located in the fo'c's'le below and behind the anchor winch, into which the anchor chains are wound.
A simple water knot is used to create a loop in the end of the tubular Kevlar anchor strap.
Redwing ordered them to lower the anchor, and they got into the jolly boats and went ashore.
At least double the scope required is paid out and the kedge anchor is dropped.
The fob is rarely seen because its primary use is to anchor a watch chain on clothing.
Once we kedged our way off a mud bar on the Mystic River, the silty anchor tossed again and again till our boat glided free.
Whether it's cruising through a wake or throwing an anchor, according to him I do it all wrong.
This anchor is designed for use in wallboard, plaster, or other hollow walls, such as tiled wallboard.
Rain drove in great sheets across the bow as the ship struggled to drop anchor in the outer harbor.
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The anchor light seemed to fade away and merge into thin air before his very eyes.
And nobody knew if the steam dahabeah had hurried on before us, to anchor out of sight round the oblique faade of Abu Simbel.
Beyond this was the river, agleam with the lights of the British fleet that rode at anchor on its placid bosom.
Next morning, however, we saw her at anchor in the channel that leads to Kingston.
This was a bad beginning, and by the time we reached a tavern, I was ready to anchor.
He got into a rowboat brought by an attendant, and tied the plane to an anchor buoy.
But he never lost sight of this anchor light for more than a few moments at a time.
The Boadicea had been dismantled, and her anchor was never seen for six months.
It was coming on dark by then and I could see them making ready the anchor light on the Svend Foyn.
The anchor shot like a plummet for the ground and proceeded to hang itself securely in a corner of rock.
Never was sail made on the Osprey more quickly, and by the time that the anchor was apeak all the lower sails were set.
The anchor is apeek when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.
The other boats follow and anchor, and we have opportunity at close range to inspect these worst rapids of the athabascan chain.
Inside this anchor tube ran the thick coaxial cable that fed three-phase electric power from the atomic pile to the ship.
Trailing the wheel ten miles off, was the atomic pile, directly attached to its anchor tube.
Her anchor was atrip, that is, the cable was hove short, showing that she was ready to sail at a moment's notice.
On the 16th of April the 'Aurora' dropped anchor in the harbour of Zanzibar.
By this time, our last anchor was aweigh, and the ship was clear of the bottom.
We came to an anchor before the town of Basseterre, the capital of the island.
The hole was soon dug and the anchor deposited therein, planks and baulks of timber being laid upon it as before.
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