- or
capstan winch.
The term
comes from
the days of
sailing ships, when a
rigger was a
person who
worked with rigging, that is,
ropes for
hoisting the sails...
-
to trice them up
to dry, in
the intervals of
sunshine or wind, upon all
parts of
the vessel . . .
The rail, fore and aft,
the windl****,
capstan,
the sides...
- like
the Fifie,
large dipping lug
sails were
possible only with
the introduction of steam-powered
capstans to facilitate with dipping.
The rig was widely...
-
Tally Ho is a gaff-
rigged cutter yacht designed by
the artist and
yacht designer Albert Strange.
The 48-foot (15 m)
yacht was
built at S****ham-by-Sea...
-
Bermuda rig Cat
rig Crab claw sail Fore-and-aft
rig Full
rig Fractional rig Gaff
rig Junk
rig Lateen Ljungstrom rig Mast aft
rig Spritsail Square rig Standing...
-
the free dictionary. A
Cathead is a beam on a ship for
raising the anchor. Cathead, Catshead, or Cat head also may
refer to: a windl**** or
capstan used...
- sail)
Filled by
the wind on
the opposite side
to the one
normally used
to move
the vessel forward. On a square-
rigged ship, any of
the square sails can...
- example,
the steering gear
lacks any
mechanical ****istance, and
the stock anchors are
raised by a
capstan rather than a
powered windl****.
The permanent...
-
manufactured by N.
Hingley & Sons Ltd.
The steam capstans to raise them were
constructed by
Napier Brothers Ltd, of Glasgow.
The turbines were 25 ft (7.6 m) long...
-
steam capstan on
the foredeck near
the mast for
hauling nets.
These boats had a crew of
twelve made up of a skipper, driver,
fireman (
to look
after the boiler)...
