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bottom fluke downwards, by means of a slip rope rove through a shackle
in the crown. A screw mooring is sometimes used for the same purpose.

Fig. 5.—One Fluke Mooring Anchor.

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Fig. 6.—Screw Moorings.
Llghtvessels round the coasts are generally moored with two mush-
room anchors which bury themselves in the bottom. The cables
from each hawsepipe are shackled to the upper links of a swivel