anchor windlass

A hatch was just aft of the anchor windlass.

The anchor windlass rattled around as the sailors heaved furiously on it.

Liza asked Beringer to go out and release the brake on the anchor windlass.

The Executioner dragged the men across the deck to me canvas-covered anchor windlass.

Footsteps sounded across the deck as the Executioner pulled the canvas back over the anchor windlass.

One form of capstan was connected by a shaft and gears to an anchor windlass on the deck below.

Here, Glinn stopped and leaned against an anchor windlass, gazing out at the distant destroyer.

Bolan lifted the canvas high enough to see two pairs of shoes nearing the anchor windlass.

A windlass room is a triangular space enclosed within the bow of a freshwater ship where the anchor windlasses are located.

The anchor windlass was modified from the back of a bulldozer; the bits were made from railway sleepers.

He heard the engine slip into neutral and the woman came out, released the anchor windlass, and the chain rattled out.

Windlasses are sometimes used on boats to raise the anchor as an alternative to a vertical capstan (see anchor windlass).

Originally built for cruiser/racing with dual fridge/freezer systems, shore power/battery charger, anchor windlass, radar, autopilot etc.

In addition the forecastle may provide additional crew's quarters as in the past, and may contain essential machinery such as the anchor windlass.

Forward, one of the anchor windlasses creaked as a working party hauled buckets of seawater for washing the decks thirty feet straight up from the sea.

Wyoming was equipped with a Hyde anchor windlass and a donkey steam engine to raise and lower sails, haul lines and perform other tasks.

The recessed anchor windlass, spacious lazarette and large chain and fender lockers mean a safe and uncluttered deck.

Larger boats and heavier anchors required larger davits and anchor windlass, and the mines required specialized handling machinery.

An anchor windlass is a machine that restrains and manipulates the anchor chain and/or rope on a boat, allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered.

It consists of a turnbuckle, usually attached at the base of the anchor windlass, and a metal hook with two curved fingers that grab one link of a chain.

Reith kissed the girl somewhat more fervently than before and now from the shadow of the anchor windlass, a person hitherto invisible jumped erect and departed in desperate haste.

On the forecastle, where a pleasant breeze blew and the night was blazing with stars, Willie found the guard curled up against the anchor windlass, his gun across his knees, fast asleep.

Extensively electrified, she had electrical lighting and her anchor windlass, winches and two coal cranes were all powered by electricity to avoid having easily freezing steam pipes on the deck.

This was mounted between paired hawsepieces and knightheads, and terminated in a large vertical post called the "samson post", upon which the anchor windlass was also typically mounted.

As steam was still required to operate deck winches and the anchor windlass, a vapor steam generator, similar to those used on railway locomotives, was installed on the ship.