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Video Of A Faulty Brake Or… How Not To Anchor A Ship

By On December 4, 2010

The following is video of seatrials aboard a newly built German ship. The video commentary states “When testing the anchor winches it became obvious that something was wrong with the [...]

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Anchor Repair – So How Do They Recondition An Anchor?

By On September 21, 2010

Stranded on the Largest Island (he means China… yes we know) featured an interesting “How-To” article on anchor repair. Along with detailed descriptions are some very interesting photos, check out [...]

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Anchor and Mooring Gear – A History

By On July 21, 2010

Chief Mate Andre van Schoonhoven of the new cruise ship Eurodam gives us the history of classifying anchors. He writes; Traditionally ships were anchored using large hemp hawsers called cables. [...]

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