About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Hull, Anchor, Poop deck, Rudder, Spinnaker, Copper sheathing, Keel, Sea anchor, Tiller, Anchor windlass, Winch, Figurehead, Double hull, Capstan, Centreboard, Leeboard, Bilge keel, Jib, Forecastle, Binnacle, Boom vang, Composite ship, Topmast, Daggerboard, Jackline, Flinders bar, Double bottom, Ship's wheel, Bulb keel, Gunwale, Beitass, Gaff vang, Beakhead, Unstayed mast, Hawser, Cockpit, Boom brake, Wave-piercing, Quarter gallery, Bilgeboard, Trailboard, Jacob's ladder, Hawsehole, Orlop, Truck, Carling, Aftcastle, Steering oar, Extra, False keel, Butt. Excerpt: An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or current. Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. A permanent anchor is used in the creation of a mooring, and is rarely moved; a specialist service is normally needed to move or maintain it. Vessels carry one or more temporary anchors which may be of different designs and weights. A sea anchor is an unrelated device: a drogue used to control a drifting vessel. A stockless anchor being broken outAnchors achieve holding power either by "hooking" into the seabed, or via sheer mass, or a combination of the two. Permanent moorings use large masses (commonly a block or slab of concrete) resting on this seabed. Semi-permanent mooring anchors (such as mushroom anchors) and large ship's anchors derive a significant portion of their holding power from their mass, while also hooking or embedding in the bottom. Modern anchors for smaller vessels have metal flukes which hook on to rocks on the bottom or bury themselves in soft bottoms. The vessel is attached to the anchor by the rode which is made of chain, cable, rope, or a combination of these. The ratio of the length of rode to the water depth is known a...
