bower anchor

The crew took all the sails in and released the small bower anchor.

An additional bower anchor was included in stores sent to Port Jackson.

I'm going to wear round, shoot up into wind, let go the larboard bower anchor and drift back.

To facilitate her departure Walton decided to use only her bower anchor.

Two bower anchors were also dropped.

The best bower anchor was discovered by Peter Koch in 15m deep water on 14 January.

On 14 May the broken remains of the two bower anchors, which were threatening to capsize the ship, were hauled in.

In 1979, as recommended in the Expedition's report, the opportunity to conserve one of the bower anchors was realised when grant funding became available.

Every yacht should carry at least two anchors - the main or bower anchor and a second lighter kedge anchor.

Colossus was not cannibalized; Captain Murray did, however, hand over to Nelson three of his guns and one bower anchor.

Correspondent William Howard Russell considered her officers to have been negligent in losing her bower anchors.

The familiar cries rang out as they raised anchor, sailing right over the bower anchor to pluck it out of the slime.

Mrs. Pargutter called, interrupting the Captain's discussion of the state of the ship's best bower anchor with his first mate.

However, Flinders needed to ditch the best bower anchor, a stream anchor and a quantity of cable in order to safely depart from the bay.

(Perkin's reported that it was the first shot from Lougen that loosed the bower anchor.)

With an enormous smithy-noise the ball struck the fluke of the Sophie's best bower anchor, bent it half over and glanced off into the sea far behind.

After reviewing his desktop research, Seton re-organised the search and found the stream anchor about 9 metres away from the best bower anchor, several hours later.

From the fo'c'sle Southwick signalled that all was ready; the bower anchor was hanging clear, the stock clear and below the bowsprit shrouds.

In yachts, a kedge anchor is an anchor carried in addition to the main, or bower anchors, and usually stowed aft.

A bower anchor carried out, dropped in deep water and heaved upon would bring her off: but even the barge could not bear the weight of such an anchor.

Yet scarcely had she made a few yards, still grinding along the Shannon's side, but her quarter-gallery hooked in the fluke of the Shannon's best bower anchor.

The dispute was resolved with the Australian government took ownership of both anchors in April 1973 with the best bower anchor being subsequently gifted to South Australia.

The Collection statement prepared by the South Australian Maritime Museum for the Best Bower Anchor advises the following:

More sailors were lowering the bower anchor from the stern to prevent abnormal wind or waves from driving the vessel too hard aground to float off on the morning tide.

After performing this chivalrous action, the Endymion, being herself in great peril, hauled to the wind, let go her bower anchor, club-hauled and stood off shore on the other tack.