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NICHOLLS'S  SEAMANSHIP  AND  NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE

starboard anchor is broken out she will drop back a little to the port
cable. Go easy ahead again to ease the strain on it and heave the port
anchor right up. See that the windlass is well screwed up and that all
is in good order forward as I proceed to sea.
19.	You are in a river moored to a buoy with your cable.    The tide is on
the flood. How would you get under way and proceed to sea?
Put a good slip rope on to the buoy and heave it tight. Reeve a
4:-inch line through the ring on the buoy, bend it on to the chain and
heave on it to give the men a little slack Get the chain adrift from
the buoy, shackle it on to the anchor, and see it all clear for letting go
if necessary. Go slow ahead, take the slip rope in, and proceed down
the river.
20.	You are moored to a buoy with your cable on the ebb tide    How
would you get under way and proceed to sea?
Put a good slip rope on to the buoy, heave it tight, get the cable
adrift from the buoy and shackle it on to the anchor again, seeing all
clear as before.    Let go my slip rope, turn her round with the engines.

21.	How would you manage if  there was not
enough room in the river to  turn her
round with the engines?
Run a good wire out from aft on to the buoy,
heave it tight and make fast. Put a good slip
rope on to the buoy from the forecastle-head to
hold the ship for the time being. Unshackle
my cable and put it back on the anchor, seeing
it all clear for letting go if required. Sheer her
away from the wire and let go the slip rope
(Position 2). She will then swing round to the
wire with her head down the river. Let go
the wire from the buoy (Position 3), haul it in
and proceed (Fig. 4).
22.	You are riding to your port anchor stern to
seaward in a narrow river at slack water.
How would you get under way and go
to sea?	•
Heave the anchor up, turn her round with the engines, steam
down the river.