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Standard equipment includes a 500-lb, capacity davit for raising and lowering a dinghy to the flybridge.
On deck was a complete section of superstructure, probably the accommodation block, and beside it a lifeboat davit encrusted in coral.
Like a window cleaner's cradle dangling from a davit in high wind, American popular culture can't help letting it all hang out.
Although the gravity davit system was similar to most other types, release mechanisms and davit configurations can differ.
As the winch continues to haul in the falls, the davit arms are forced to come off their stops and move inboard.
The bosun was sitting on a davit cradle securing the trigger line when the lifeboat suddenly released and struck him on its descent.
As the davit draws away from its support frame, it creates an ever increasing gap between itself and the rigid frame.
The on-board instruction manual for davit use was lacking in detail and poorly translated from the original Japanese.
He peered into the mirror, improving himself, unaware of me as he worked in the half-shadow of the lifeboat which hung from the davit.
This gap frees the rotating lever, to which the davit end of the gripe is hooked, and allows the lever to turn and release the gripe.
The davit and frame could be used to raise and lower the cables to the vessel.
The operation managers instructed the master to undertake repairs on the port davit using on-board resources while under way, in an attempt to avoid delaying the voyage by stopping for in-port repairs.
Although the defective davit was not approved for safe use, the master wanted to assure himself that this equipment could be operable in the event of an emergency.
However, the port side davit system was in the released condition, with the lifeboat held in place with only lashing lines and the winch brake, when the vessel set sail from Montréal.
However, the master was informed by the ship manager that stopping at a berth to repair the port lifeboat davit was to be avoided in order not to delay the voyage.
As the bosun tried to secure the forward trigger line while sitting astride the davit cradle, the other seaman was trying to do likewise on the aft davit cradle.
Although a manufacturer's instruction manual for the davit and its equipment was found on board, the lowering and hoisting instructions were of a general nature.
To reduce investment cost, one davit can be used for several mixers.
The gap between the safety pin and its brake release lever, and the less-than-adequate maintenance on the brake-lever mechanism, contributed to the unexpected release of the lifeboat down the davit cradle.
In this case, without the precise alignment of the port davit cradle roller track and built-in sheave assembly, the efficient operation of the running rigging and roller gravity davits could not be guaranteed.
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Examples from Classical Literature
This was proved by davit Lunan, tinsmith, whom I have heard tell the story.
Then he moved off to a davit, and climbed the mizzen shrouds to the top-mast.
So, so, an' did davit Lunan mak oot 'at there was humour in that?
The davit blocks were treble for the lifeboats and double for the cutters.
It was hanging by the after davit, a mere bunch of smashed sticks.
The lashing which secures the davit to the shrouds when out of use.
But as it went Mayo clutched a davit pulley and swung in midair.
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