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Page 357
... veer cable . If the other ships have at- tended properly to this contingency , all may veer simultaneously without fouling each other , and the riding cable of each ship will grow straight to their weather anchors : in other words ...
... veer cable . If the other ships have at- tended properly to this contingency , all may veer simultaneously without fouling each other , and the riding cable of each ship will grow straight to their weather anchors : in other words ...
Page 361
... veer ; but B is in our way , and we must hold on until it pleases him to veer , and he , either from neglect or ignorance in thus mooring his ship , sees no distress . A has swung close to our port bow , as in the dotted line ship , fig ...
... veer ; but B is in our way , and we must hold on until it pleases him to veer , and he , either from neglect or ignorance in thus mooring his ship , sees no distress . A has swung close to our port bow , as in the dotted line ship , fig ...
Page 362
... veer . As the question " How is the hawse ? " is often put , we will endeavour to answer it . Let us suppose a ship to have her small bower ( the port one ) out north , and her best bower ( the starboard one ) out south ; her head north ...
... veer . As the question " How is the hawse ? " is often put , we will endeavour to answer it . Let us suppose a ship to have her small bower ( the port one ) out north , and her best bower ( the starboard one ) out south ; her head north ...
Page 370
... veer cable until the anchor plombs the cat - head with the crown awash ; then hook the fish to another strop on the crown , and to relieve the fish , hang the cable with a rope from the cat - head to the hawse hole ; hoist the crown up ...
... veer cable until the anchor plombs the cat - head with the crown awash ; then hook the fish to another strop on the crown , and to relieve the fish , hang the cable with a rope from the cat - head to the hawse hole ; hoist the crown up ...
Page 371
... veer more than one cable on end . Make it a law to bend sheet cable whenever ( if not sooner ) you let go your second anchor . In other words , always have another anchor ready for letting go . The order generally is " put the lead over ...
... veer more than one cable on end . Make it a law to bend sheet cable whenever ( if not sooner ) you let go your second anchor . In other words , always have another anchor ready for letting go . The order generally is " put the lead over ...
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