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Since all anchors that embed themselves in the bottom require the strain to be along the seabed, anchors can be broken out of the bottom by shortening the rode until the vessel is directly above the anchor ( at this point the anchor chain is " up and down " in naval parlance ).

A mushroom anchor will normally sink in the silt to the point where it has displaced its own weight in bottom material, thus greatly increasing its holding power.

The depth of water is necessary for determining scope, which is the ratio of length of cable to the depth measured from the highest point ( usually the anchor roller or bow chock ) to the seabed.

At one point, the crew is getting up the anchor in a storm, by means of a pump-style windlass.

Structures may be fixed in place in the seabed — as in piers, jettys, or fixed-bottom wind turbines — or may be floating structures anchored to remain in a sea-surface position that remain roughly fixed relative to its geotechnical anchor point.

The Peenemünde Historical and Technical Information Centre opened in 1992 in the shelter control room and the area of the former power station and is an anchor point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

The bacterial flagellum is driven by a rotary engine ( the Mot complex ) made up of protein, located at the flagellum's anchor point on the inner cell membrane.

As Duke of York, George bore the royal arms of the United Kingdom differenced with a label of three points argent, the centre point bearing an anchor azure — a difference earlier awarded to his father George V when he was Duke of York, and then later awarded to his grandson, Prince Andrew, Duke of York.

All common variations of the trucker's hitch use a loop in the standing part of the rope and the anchor point as makeshift pulleys in order to theoretically obtain a 3 to 1 mechanical advantage while pulling on the working end.

Thus, the standing part of the rope is represented by the top anchor point in the diagram, and the theoretical ratio is indeed 3: 1 when the working end is tensioned.

* Bolt ( climbing ), an anchor point used in rock climbing

A point anchor bolt is a metal bar between 20 mm – 25 mm in diameter, and between 1 m – 4 m long ( the size is determined by the mine's engineering department ).

* Resin grouted rebar is used in areas which require more support than a point anchor bolt can give.

The rebar used is of similar size as a point anchor bolt but does not have an expansion shell.

It is held to the backs using point anchor bolts or resin grouted rebar.

This effectively makes the bow function very similar to a recurve, with the draw length determined by the shooter's preferred anchor point, but it also removes the necessity to adjust the draw length or purchase a new bow as the shooter grows up.

These draw stops can be adjusted to suit the archer's optimum draw-length, which helps the archer achieve a consistent anchor point and a consistent amount of force imparted to the arrow on every shot, further increasing accuracy.

As a significant source of sales tax revenue to Yorba Linda and as one of the first anchor tenants ( along with Best Buy ), The Home Depot became a political talking point in its own right.

* A main winch with 50-tonne pull ( can exert 98 tonnes-force using an included pulley and anchor point on the vehicle ), plus a small pilot winch to aid in deploying the main cable.

The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

As the Duchess of Clarence, she used the arms of her husband ( the royal arms with a label of three points Argent, the centre point bearing a cross Gules, the outer points each bearing an anchor Azure ) impaled with those of her father, the whole surmounted by a coronet of a child of the sovereign.

A harness is used to secure a person to a piece of rope or an anchor point.

The Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage ( ERIH ).

anchor and kite

If there is much current, or the vessel is moving while dropping the anchor, it may " kite " or " skate " over the bottom due to the large fluke area acting as a sail or wing.

anchor and line

A second later she came behind the wheel and backed off the anchor line until it was set in the ocean floor.

On the other hand, it is quite possible for this anchor to find such a good hook that, without a trip line from the crown, it is impossible to retrieve.

A hand on the anchor line may telegraph a series of jerks and jolts, indicating the anchor is dragging, or a smooth tension indicative of digging in.

Lowering a concentrated, heavy weight down the anchor line – rope or chain – directly in front of the bow to the seabed, behaves like a heavy chain rode and lowers the angle of pull on the anchor.

Then, taking in on the first cable as the boat is motored into the wind and letting slack while drifting back, a second anchor is set approximately a half-scope away from the first on a line perpendicular to the wind.

By 16: 00, Alexander and Swiftsure were also in sight, although some distance from the main British fleet, and Brueys gave orders to abandon the plan to remain at anchor and instead for his line to set sails, although Blanquet protested the order on the grounds that there were not enough men aboard the French ships to both sail the ships and man the guns.

An anchor rode ( or anchor line ) usually consists of chain or cable or both.

The line was perceived as a slap at NBC Nightly News main anchor John Chancellor, who due to his background as a foreign correspondent, felt the network should weigh its news more heavily toward world events, and had kept Franco's deathwatch at the top of the headlines.

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Sailing south from New York with 19 ships of the line, Graves arrived at the mouth of the Chesapeake early on 5 September to see de Grasse's fleet at anchor in the bay.

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* A length of rope, cable, or chain when put to use ( such as a clothesline, anchor line )

To tighten the line with respect to a load attached to the standing part, grasp the standing part with one hand inside of the loop and pull towards the anchor object.

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