320 NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE
use my engines to ease the strain on the windlass when bringing
her up.
27. You are proceeding up a river on the ebb tide; how would ycrg ^^ne
to an anchor?
Ease down the engines as I come to my berth, and stop them at
the proper time. As soon as the tide begins to take her astern over the
ground, let go the anchor
28 You are going up a river on the flood tide, how would you come
to an anchor?.
Round her to and stem the tide. Ease her down and stop the
engines. As soon as she begins to go astern over the ground let go the
anchor.
29 You are coming up a river on the flood. How would you make fast
to a mooring buoy with your cable?
Hang one anchor off, unshackle the cable and have it all ready
in good time. Steam up past the buoy, round her to and stem the
tide. Come ahead easy up to the buoy and put a good slip rope or
wire on to it to hold her with. Reeve a 4-inch rope through the ring,
bring the end back on board and make it fast to the cable about a
couple of links from the end. Heave it out and shackle on.
If no shore assistance and I had to use my own boat should lower
it into the water before I passed the buoy. They could then drop up
to the buoy*with the tide.
30. How would you moor her head and stern between two "buoys, same
flood tide?
Come up the river till above both the buoys, round her to and
stem the tide. Steam slowly (against the tide) past the buoy for my
stern moorings, and make well fast to the buoy ahead. Should shackle
my cable on to it or use good wires.
Having finished forward, run a line out to the after buoy and get
my stern moorings on to it. Make them well fast.
31. How would you moor her in between the same two buoys if you had
arrived there with the ebb tide coming in ?
Steam slowly up past the first buoy which I shall use fox my stern
moorings, use my engines as required and make her well fast to the
bmoy ahead. Get my stern moorings out afterwards.