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1) ANCHOR AWEIGH: THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE AWEIGH THE Formatted: Font: Bookman Old Style, 12 pt
MOMENT IT IS BROKEN OUT OF THE GROUND AND CLEAR OF
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THE SEA BED.
2) ANCHOR A-COCKBILL: WHEN THE ANCHOR IS HANGING
VERTICALLY FROM THE HAWSEPIPE, WITH THE FLUKES
TURNED INTO THE SHIPS SIDE. IN THIS POSITION IT WILL NOT
STOW CORRECTLY IN THE HAWSE PIPE.
3) ANCHOR BUOY: A BUOY USED TO INDICATE THE POSITION OF
THE SHIPS ANCHOR WHEN ON THE BOTTOM.
4) ANCHOR COMING HOME: WHEN THE ANCHOR IS BEING
DRAWN TOWARDS THE SHIP IN THE OPERATION OF HEAVING
AWAY, BY MEANS OF THE WINDLASS OR THE CABLE
HOLDER/CAPSTAN, THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE COMING
HOME. INSTEAD OF THE SHIP BEING DRAWN TOWARDS THE
ANCHOR, THE REVERSE IS HAPPENING.
5) ANCHOR DRAGGING: THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE DRAGGING
WHEN IT IS NOT HELD IN THE SEA BED. IT IS SAID TO BITE
WELL WHEN IT HAS A GOOD HOLD IN THE GROUND. THE
VESSEL IS DRAGGING ANCHOR IF SHE MNOVES HER POSITION
WHILE DRAGGING THE ANCHOR OVER THE SEA BED.
6) ANCHOR WARP: THE NAME IS GIVEN TO A HAWSER OR ROPE
WHEN IT IS ATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR AND USED AS A
TEMPORARY CABLE.
7) BROUGHT UP: A VESSEL IS SAID TO BE BROUGHT UP WHEN
HER WAY HAS STOPPED AND SHE IS RIDING TO HER ANCHOR,
WITH HER ANCHOR HOLDING.THE TERM ‘COME TO’ AND ‘GOT
HER CABLE’ ARE SOMETIMES SAID TO BE THE SAME THING.
THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE ANCHOR PARTY WILL KNOW
WHEN THE VESSEL IS BROUGHT UP, BY THE CABLE RISING UP
FROM THE SURFACE TOWARDS THE HAWSE PIPE WHEN THE
BRAKE IS HOLDING IT. THE VESSEL SHOULD THEN MOVE
TOWARDS THE ANCHOR, CAUSING THE CABLE TO DROP BACK
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8) CABLE CLENCH: A STRONG STEEL FORGED FITTING IN THE Formatted: Font: Bookman Old Style
CABLE LOCKER FOR SECURING THE BITTER END OF THE
CABLE.
9) CABLE JACK: A DEVICE FOR LIFTING THE CABLE CLEAR OF
THE DECK.
10) CABLES LENGTH: A LENGTH OF 600 FT OR 100 FATHOMS(183
MTS).
11) CAT THE ANCHOR: THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE CATTED
WHEN HUNG OFF, FROM WHAT USED TO BE CALED THE CLUMP
 CATHEAD. MORE MODERN VESSELS WILL BE FITTED WITH A
PIPE LEAD SET BACK FROM THE LINE OF THE HAWS-PIPE AND
USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF HANGING-OFF ANCHORS. FOUND
IN PRACTICE WHEN MOORING TO BUOYS BY MEANS OF
MOORING SHACKLES WITH THE CABLE.
12) CHAIN HOOK: A LONG IRON HOOK USED FOR MANHANDLING
OF CABLE LINKS.
13) DROP AN ANCHOR UNDERFOOT: LETTING AN ANCHOR GO TO
THE BOTTOM, THEN HOLDINGON TO THE BRAKE. THIS IS
SOMETIMES DON’T TO STEADY THE SHIPS HEAD AND PREVENT
HER FROM YAWING ABOUT WHEN LYING TO A SINGLE ANCHOR.
CARE MUST BE TAKEN IN THIS OPERATION THAT THE SECOND
ANCHOR IS LET GO WHEN THE RIDING CABLE IS GROWING
RIGHT AHEAD AND NOT WHEN IT LEADS OFF THE BOW.
14) FOUL ANCHOR: THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE ANCHOR
WHEN IT HAS BECOME CAUGHT ON AN UNDERWATER
OBSTRUCTION. THE FLUKES OF THE ANCHOR OFTEN GET
FOULED BY AN OLD HAWSER OR CABLE, OBSTRUCTING ITS
NORMAL USE.
15) FOUL HAWSE: THIS TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE
CROSSING OF THE ANCHOR CABLES, WHEN BOTH CABLES ARE
BEIBNG USED AT THE SAME TIME, AS WITH A RUNNING
STANDING OR OPEN MOOR, OWING TO THE UNCONTROLLED
SWINGING OF THE VESSEL WHEN ANCHORED WITH BOTH
ANCHORS (MOORED).
16) CROSS: OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS IN FOUL
“HAWSE”, WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG THROUGH 180 o’S A
CROSS BEING FORMED WITH THE TWO CABLES.
17) ELBOW: OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS IN
“FOUL HAWSE”,WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG 360 o’S, AN ELBOW
IS FORMED IN THE ANCHOR CABLES.
18) ROUND TURNS: OCCURS WHEN THE CABLES ARE FOULED AS
IN ‘FOUL HAWSE’,WHEN THE SHIP HAS SWUNG THROUGH 720
o’S OR TWICE ROUND.
19) GROW: THE CABLE IS SAID TO GROW WHEN THE EXPOSED
PART OF THE CHAIN ABOVE THE SURFACE, IS SEEN TO EXPAND
TOWARDS THE ANCHOR.
20) GYPSY: THE VERTICAL WHEEL ON THE WINDLASS WHICH THE
CABLE PASSES OVER. THE CABLE IS HELD IN THE SEGMENTS
OF THE WHEEL KNOWN AS THE ‘SNUG’. THE GYPSY IS HELD BY
THE CLUCH-PLATE WHEN IN GEAR OR BY THE BRAKE WHEN
ABOUT TO BE LET GO.
21) HAWSE PIPES: WHEN TWO PIPES ON EITHER BOW WHICH
ACCOMODATES THE BOW ANCHORS. SOME VESSELS WILL BE
 EQUIPPED WITH A STERN ANCHOR. THE TERM HAWSE PIPE IS
IN GENERAL USE FOR THE STOWAGE SPACE FOR THE ANCHORS
OF A VESSEL.
22) HOVE IN SIGHT: WHEN A ANCHOR IS HOVE HOME, IT IS
‘SIGHTED AND CLEAR’ AT THE POINT WHEN THE ANCHOR
CROWN SHACKLE BREAKS THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. A
PRUDENT OFFICER WOULD NOT CONCIDER THAT THE ANCHOR
IS CLEAR UNTIL HE SEES THAT THE FLUKES ARE CLEAR. ON
THE SAME BASIS AN OFFICER IN CHARGE OF AN ANCHOR
PARTY TENDS NOT TO RING ANCHOR AWEIGH UNTIL HE SEES
THE ANCHOR IS HOVE IN SIGHT AND CLEAR.
23) JOGGLE SHACKLE: MAY BE DESCRIBED AS A LONG BENT
SHACKLE, USED FOR HAULING CABLE ROUND THE BOW.
SOMETIMES ENCOUNTERED WHEN CLEARING A FOUL HAWSE
OR OTHER SIMILAR OPERATION IN MOVING OF THE CABLE.
24) KEDGING: MOVING A VESSEL BY MEANS OF SMALL ANCHORS
AND ANCHOR WARPS.
25) LONG STAY: THE TERM APPLICABLE WHEN THE CABLE IS
LEADING DOWN TO THE WATER CLOSE TO THE HORIZONTAL,
WITH THE WEIGHT ON IT. A GOOD LENGTH OF THE CABLE IS
EXPOSED.
26) MORED: A VESSEL IS SAID TO BE MOORED WHEN SHE HAS
TWO ANCHORS DOWN TO THE SEA BED.
27) REAM A SHACKLE: TO CLEAN AWAY ANY RESIDUAL LEAD
LEFT INSIDE THE LUG OF A SHACKLE AFTER THE LEAD PELLET
AND THE SPILE PIN ISHAVE BEEN REMOVED, BY THE USE OF A
REAMING TOOL.
28) RENDER CABLE: TO APPLY THE BRAKE LIGHTLY SO THAT
WHEN WEIGHT COMES ON THE CABLE IT WILL RUN OUT
SLOWLY.
29) SHACKLE OF CABLE: THE LENGTH OF A SHACKLE OF CABLE
IS 15 FATHOMS( 90 FEET OR 27.5 MTS). IT IS DEFINED BY A
LENGTH OF CABLE BETWEEN THE JOINING SHACKLES.
30) SHEER: WHEN APPLIED TO A VESSEL AT ANCHOR, SHEER IS
AN ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THE VESSEL ABOUT THE HAWSE
PIPE POINT, IT CAN BE DELIBERATELY CAUSED BY APPLYING
HELM TO PORT OR STARBOARD.
31) SHEER ANCHOR: AN ADDITIONAL ANCHOR USED ON LARGER
VESSELS, A PRACTICE LARGELY DIS-CONTINUED ( THIS IS NOT
TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE SPARE ANCHOR CARRIED BY THE
MAJORITY OF THE VESSELS).
32) SHORTEN CABLE: TO HEAVE IN, A PORTION OF THE CABLE SO
AS TO REDUCE THE SCOPE.
33) SHORT STAY: THE CABLE IS SAID TO BE SHORT STAY WHEN
THE ANCHOR IS HOVE IN CLOSE TO THE SHIPS SIDE AND NOT
OVER EXTENDED. THE CABLE IS NOT UP AND DOWN IN THAT
POSITION.
34) SNUB: TO SNUB THE CABLE IS TO STOP THE CABLE RUNNING
OUT BY APPLYING THE BRAKE. A VESSEL IS SAID TO SNUB
ROUND ON HER ANCHOR WHEN SHE CHECKS THE PAYING OUT
OF THE CABLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKE ON THE WINDLASS, SO
CAUSING THE CABLE TO ACT AS A SPRING, TURNING THE BOW
SMARTLY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CABLE.
35) SPURLING PIPES: TERMED NAVAL PIPESIN THE ROYAL NAVY,
THE CABLE PASSES FROM THESE PIPES THROUGH THE
WINDLASS OR CABLE HOLDER TO THE CABLE LOCKER.
36) SURGE: TO ALLOW THE CABLE OR HAWSER TO RUN OUT
UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. THE TERM IS OFTEN USED WHEN
HANDLING MOORING ROPES ON DRUM ENDS. ( YOU SHOULD
NOT SURGE ON MAN-FIBRE ROPE, BECAUSE OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF HEAT / FRICTION CAUSING THE YARNS /
STRANDS TO FUSE .)
37) TIDE RODE: A VESSEL IS SAID TO BE TIDE RODE WHEN SHE IS
RIDING AT ANCHOR HEAD TO TIDE.
38) UP & DOWN: THE CABLE IS SAID TO BE UP & DOWN WHEN THE
ANGLE THE CABLE MAKES WITH THE WATER SURFACE IS 90o,
USUALLY JUST BEFORE ANCHOR AWEIGH.
39) VEER CABLE: TO PAY OUT CABLE UNDER POWER, BY WALKING
BACK THE GYPSY OF THE WINDLASS.
40) WALK BACK THE ANCHOR: TO LOWER THE ANCHOR UNDER
POWER.
41) WIND RODE: A VESSEL IS SAID TO BE WIND RODE WHEN SHE
IS RIDING AT ANCHOR HEAD TO WIND.
42) YAW: A VESSEL IS SAID TO YAW WHEN AT ANCHOR WHEN SHE
MOVES TO PORT & STARBOARD OF THE ANCHOR POSITION
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WIND & / OR TIDE. YAWING
SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH SHEERING.