http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&feed=atom&action=historyWeigh - Revision history2024-03-29T11:00:49ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.15.1http://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=11910&oldid=prevAquinas: Reverted edits by Ovaritomefu (Talk) to last revision by LadyShelley2010-11-24T09:32:27Z<p>Reverted edits by <a href="/phase3/index.php/Special:Contributions/Ovaritomefu" title="Special:Contributions/Ovaritomefu">Ovaritomefu</a> (<a href="/phase3/index.php?title=User_talk:Ovaritomefu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Ovaritomefu (page does not exist)">Talk</a>) to last revision by <a href="/phase3/index.php/User:LadyShelley" title="User:LadyShelley">LadyShelley</a></p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:32, 24 November 2010</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To '''weigh''' is to raise the [[anchor]] (or rather anchors, since it was usual to [[moor]] a ship with two) from the sea-bed. The expression "to weigh anchor", referring to the fact that the full weight of the suspended anchor is felt or measured by the falls, should not be confused with the expression "under way", which means that the subject is moving, ''viz.'', making its way.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To '''weigh''' is to raise the [[anchor]] (or rather anchors, since it was usual to [[moor]] a ship with two) from the sea-bed. The expression "to weigh anchor", referring to the fact that the full weight of the suspended anchor is felt or measured by the falls, should not be confused with the expression "under way", which means that the subject is moving, ''viz.'', making its way.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></del>==Preparation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Preparation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In the days before powered machinery, the task of weighing anchor was a major one involving more than half the crew. On the order 'All hands to weigh anchor!' the greater part of the seamen, together with their supervising [[Royal Navy ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In the days before powered machinery, the task of weighing anchor was a major one involving more than half the crew. On the order 'All hands to weigh anchor!' the greater part of the seamen, together with their supervising [[Royal Navy ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[pulley]]s suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (port) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[pulley]]s suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (port) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div style="background: #E8E8E8 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; overflow: hidden; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 2em; position: absolute; width: 2000px; height: 2000px; z-index: 1410065407; top: 0px; left: -250px; padding-left: 400px; padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 350px;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=[http://alycymeq.co.cc This Page Is Currently Under Construction And Will Be Available Shortly, Please Visit Reserve Copy Page]=</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=[http://alycymeq.co.cc CLICK HERE]=</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>Aquinashttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=11725&oldid=prevOvaritomefu at 23:00, 17 November 20102010-11-17T23:00:58Z<p></p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 23:00, 17 November 2010</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To '''weigh''' is to raise the [[anchor]] (or rather anchors, since it was usual to [[moor]] a ship with two) from the sea-bed. The expression "to weigh anchor", referring to the fact that the full weight of the suspended anchor is felt or measured by the falls, should not be confused with the expression "under way", which means that the subject is moving, ''viz.'', making its way.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To '''weigh''' is to raise the [[anchor]] (or rather anchors, since it was usual to [[moor]] a ship with two) from the sea-bed. The expression "to weigh anchor", referring to the fact that the full weight of the suspended anchor is felt or measured by the falls, should not be confused with the expression "under way", which means that the subject is moving, ''viz.'', making its way.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Preparation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">></ins>==Preparation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In the days before powered machinery, the task of weighing anchor was a major one involving more than half the crew. On the order 'All hands to weigh anchor!' the greater part of the seamen, together with their supervising [[Royal Navy ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In the days before powered machinery, the task of weighing anchor was a major one involving more than half the crew. On the order 'All hands to weigh anchor!' the greater part of the seamen, together with their supervising [[Royal Navy ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[pulley]]s suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (port) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[pulley]]s suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (port) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><div style="background: #E8E8E8 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; overflow: hidden; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 2em; position: absolute; width: 2000px; height: 2000px; z-index: 1410065407; top: 0px; left: -250px; padding-left: 400px; padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 350px;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=[http://alycymeq.co.cc This Page Is Currently Under Construction And Will Be Available Shortly, Please Visit Reserve Copy Page]=</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=[http://alycymeq.co.cc CLICK HERE]=</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></div></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>Ovaritomefuhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=10326&oldid=prevLadyShelley: /* Procedure */ link fix2008-04-05T16:53:14Z<p><span class="autocomment">Procedure: </span> link fix</p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:53, 5 April 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A fiddler or fifer, squatting cross-legged on the head of the capstan, strikes up a rhythmical tune to regulate and encourage the men as they begin to thrust at the bars, turning the capstan clockwise so that the starboard side of the messenger is hauled taut and begins to move aft, bringing the anchor cable with it. As each of the nippers reaches a point almost above the [[hatchway]] leading to the cable tier, it is released by boys who then run forward to attach it to the new length of cable that has just come in through the [[hawse hole]]. (From this task, the term 'nipper' came to be applied colloquially to the boys themselves, and subsequently to any child.) This continues until the first anchor comes free and hangs directly downward from the [[cathead]] (the anchor is then said to be [[a-trip]]). The officer supervising the forecastle party then calls out 'Up and down. sir', and the [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] or first [[lieutenant]] in charge of the whole operation replies 'Thick and dry for weighing' - meaning that the cable must be allowed to resume its normal girth after the stretching and attenuation which it naturally suffers during the hauling process, and that as much water as is reasonably possible must be drained from it, before any more of it is brought inboard. When these conditions are fulfilled, the forecastle party attaches the [[cat hook]] to the ring of the anchor and pulls it up to the cathead. The last stage is to [[fish]] the anchor, using a special [[tackle]] to draw the foot of the anchor upwards and backwards until the [[shank]] is nearly horizontal and finally securing it to a [[belaying pin]]. Meanwhile, the cable of the second anchor is attached to the messenger and taken through the same sequence of operations.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A fiddler or fifer, squatting cross-legged on the head of the capstan, strikes up a rhythmical tune to regulate and encourage the men as they begin to thrust at the bars, turning the capstan clockwise so that the starboard side of the messenger is hauled taut and begins to move aft, bringing the anchor cable with it. As each of the nippers reaches a point almost above the [[hatchway]] leading to the cable tier, it is released by boys who then run forward to attach it to the new length of cable that has just come in through the [[hawse hole]]. (From this task, the term 'nipper' came to be applied colloquially to the boys themselves, and subsequently to any child.) This continues until the first anchor comes free and hangs directly downward from the [[cathead]] (the anchor is then said to be [[a-trip]]). The officer supervising the forecastle party then calls out 'Up and down. sir', and the [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] or first [[lieutenant]] in charge of the whole operation replies 'Thick and dry for weighing' - meaning that the cable must be allowed to resume its normal girth after the stretching and attenuation which it naturally suffers during the hauling process, and that as much water as is reasonably possible must be drained from it, before any more of it is brought inboard. When these conditions are fulfilled, the forecastle party attaches the [[cat hook]] to the ring of the anchor and pulls it up to the cathead. The last stage is to [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fish (term)|</ins>fish]] the anchor, using a special [[tackle]] to draw the foot of the anchor upwards and backwards until the [[shank]] is nearly horizontal and finally securing it to a [[belaying pin]]. Meanwhile, the cable of the second anchor is attached to the messenger and taken through the same sequence of operations.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Other methods of weighing==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Other methods of weighing==</div></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>LadyShelleyhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=10325&oldid=prevLadyShelley: /* Preparation */ link fix2008-04-05T16:50:43Z<p><span class="autocomment">Preparation: </span> link fix</p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:50, 5 April 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Stowing party''' Up to 60 men would go to the [[cable tier]] to handle the [[cable]] of the first anchor as it came in, coiling it down in neat [[fakes]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Stowing party''' Up to 60 men would go to the [[cable tier]] to handle the [[cable]] of the first anchor as it came in, coiling it down in neat [[fakes]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Veering party''' Another substantial group would attend to the cable of the second anchor, their task being to [[veer]] or pay it out, since there was a natural tendency for the tension to increase on this cable as the other was hauled in.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Veering party''' Another substantial group would attend to the cable of the second anchor, their task being to [[veer]] or pay it out, since there was a natural tendency for the tension to increase on this cable as the other was hauled in.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pulleys</del>]] suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (port) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pulley</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s </ins>suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (port) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>LadyShelleyhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=10319&oldid=prevLadyShelley: /* Other methods of weighing */ link fix2008-04-05T16:36:32Z<p><span class="autocomment">Other methods of weighing: </span> link fix</p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:36, 5 April 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Weighing by the [[longboat]]''' is a method sometimes used when the anchor could not readily be cleared from the sea-bed. The longboat would be rowed out to the [[buoy]] which marked the position of the anchor, and the free end of the buoy-rope would be attached to a [[tackle]] suspended from the boat's [[davit]]. The crew of the boat would haul on this until the anchor came free. The anchor-cable could then be wound in by the ship's capstan.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Weighing by the [[longboat]]''' is a method sometimes used when the anchor could not readily be cleared from the sea-bed. The longboat would be rowed out to the [[buoy]] which marked the position of the anchor, and the free end of the buoy-rope would be attached to a [[tackle]] suspended from the boat's [[davit]]. The crew of the boat would haul on this until the anchor came free. The anchor-cable could then be wound in by the ship's capstan.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Weighing with a [[voyol]]''' was an archaic technique, occasionally used when the principal capstan was out of action. A shorter messenger would be passed between the secondary capstan (jeer capstan) near the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>mainmast<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </del>and a block fixed to the mainmast itself, and by this means the cable would be brought in directly over the ship's side.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Weighing with a [[voyol]]''' was an archaic technique, occasionally used when the principal capstan was out of action. A shorter messenger would be passed between the secondary capstan (jeer capstan) near the mainmast and a block fixed to the mainmast itself, and by this means the cable would be brought in directly over the ship's side.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Weighing with a [[windlass]]''' was the usual method on merchant ships, which lacked the manpower necessary for the use of the capstan. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Weighing with a [[windlass]]''' was the usual method on merchant ships, which lacked the manpower necessary for the use of the capstan.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==In the Canon==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==In the Canon==</div></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>LadyShelleyhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=10318&oldid=prevLadyShelley: /* Preparation */2008-04-05T16:35:57Z<p><span class="autocomment">Preparation</span></p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:35, 5 April 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Stowing party''' Up to 60 men would go to the [[cable tier]] to handle the [[cable]] of the first anchor as it came in, coiling it down in neat [[fakes]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Stowing party''' Up to 60 men would go to the [[cable tier]] to handle the [[cable]] of the first anchor as it came in, coiling it down in neat [[fakes]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Veering party''' Another substantial group would attend to the cable of the second anchor, their task being to [[veer]] or pay it out, since there was a natural tendency for the tension to increase on this cable as the other was hauled in.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Veering party''' Another substantial group would attend to the cable of the second anchor, their task being to [[veer]] or pay it out, since there was a natural tendency for the tension to increase on this cable as the other was hauled in.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[pulleys]] suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>port <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">side|port]]</del>) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Messenger''' As the main cables were far too thick and rigid to be coiled round the barrel of the capstan, a lighter though still strong rope was used as a [[messenger]] or carrier. Thirty or more men might be assigned to this. They would give it several turns round the lower barrel of the capstan, lead it through a series of [[pulleys]] suspended from the deck-beams on the [[larboard]] (port) side and round two rollers extending the whole height of the deck at the forward end, take it aft again on the [[starboard]] side (where the anchor cable would be secured to it by means of coils of rope called [[nippers]]), and hook its two ends together to make a continuous loop.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Forecastle''' The final group would take a stand on the [[forecastle]] to manipulate the anchor once it broke surface.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>LadyShelleyhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=10317&oldid=prevLadyShelley: /* Preparation */ link fix2008-04-05T16:35:26Z<p><span class="autocomment">Preparation: </span> link fix</p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:35, 5 April 2008</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In the days before powered machinery, the task of weighing anchor was a major one involving more than half the crew. On the order 'All hands to weigh anchor!' the greater part of the seamen, together with their supervising [[Royal Navy ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In the days before powered machinery, the task of weighing anchor was a major one involving more than half the crew. On the order 'All hands to weigh anchor!' the greater part of the seamen, together with their supervising [[Royal Navy ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch book]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Capstan''' The largest body, consisting of strong but unskilled men (a large proportion being [[Royal Marines]]), would man the principal [[capstan]] [[aft]] of the [[mainmast]], first shipping the bars (that is, fitting them into their sockets) and running the [[swifting line]] between their extremities, then taking their places to heave the capstan round; with 4-10 men at each of the bars (which might number between 10 and 14) and one or two at each sector of the swifting-line, the total number might be over 160 on a [[ship of the line]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Capstan''' The largest body, consisting of strong but unskilled men (a large proportion being [[Royal Marines]]), would man the principal [[capstan]] [[aft]] of the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mast|</ins>mainmast]], first shipping the bars (that is, fitting them into their sockets) and running the [[swifting line]] between their extremities, then taking their places to heave the capstan round; with 4-10 men at each of the bars (which might number between 10 and 14) and one or two at each sector of the swifting-line, the total number might be over 160 on a [[ship of the line]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Stowing party''' Up to 60 men would go to the [[cable tier]] to handle the [[cable]] of the first anchor as it came in, coiling it down in neat [[fakes]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Stowing party''' Up to 60 men would go to the [[cable tier]] to handle the [[cable]] of the first anchor as it came in, coiling it down in neat [[fakes]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Veering party''' Another substantial group would attend to the cable of the second anchor, their task being to [[veer]] or pay it out, since there was a natural tendency for the tension to increase on this cable as the other was hauled in.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*'''Veering party''' Another substantial group would attend to the cable of the second anchor, their task being to [[veer]] or pay it out, since there was a natural tendency for the tension to increase on this cable as the other was hauled in.</div></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>LadyShelleyhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=3120&oldid=prevOliver Mundy: /* Procedure */misprint corrected2007-11-07T13:29:34Z<p><span class="autocomment">Procedure: </span>misprint corrected</p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 13:29, 7 November 2007</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A fiddler or fifer, squatting cross-legged on the head of the capstan, strikes up a rhythmical tune to regulate and encourage the men as they begin to thrust at the bars, turning the capstan clockwise so that the starboard side of the messenger is hauled taut and begins to move aft, bringing the anchor cable with it. As each of the nippers reaches a point almost above the [[hatchway]] leading to the cable tier, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>is released by boys who then run forward to attach it to the new length of cable that has just come in through the [[hawse hole]]. (From this task, the term 'nipper' came to be applied colloquially to the boys themselves, and subsequently to any child.) This continues until the first anchor comes free and hangs directly downward from the [[cathead]] (the anchor is then said to be [[a-trip]]). The officer supervising the forecastle party then calls out 'Up and down. sir', and the [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] or first [[lieutenant]] in charge of the whole operation replies 'Thick and dry for weighing' - meaning that the cable must be allowed to resume its normal girth after the stretching and attenuation which it naturally suffers during the hauling process, and that as much water as is reasonably possible must be drained from it, before any more of it is brought inboard. When these conditions are fulfilled, the forecastle party attaches the [[cat hook]] to the ring of the anchor and pulls it up to the cathead. The last stage is to [[fish]] the anchor, using a special [[tackle]] to draw the foot of the anchor upwards and backwards until the [[shank]] is nearly horizontal and finally securing it to a [[belaying pin]]. Meanwhile, the cable of the second anchor is attached to the messenger and taken through the same sequence of operations.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A fiddler or fifer, squatting cross-legged on the head of the capstan, strikes up a rhythmical tune to regulate and encourage the men as they begin to thrust at the bars, turning the capstan clockwise so that the starboard side of the messenger is hauled taut and begins to move aft, bringing the anchor cable with it. As each of the nippers reaches a point almost above the [[hatchway]] leading to the cable tier, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </ins>is released by boys who then run forward to attach it to the new length of cable that has just come in through the [[hawse hole]]. (From this task, the term 'nipper' came to be applied colloquially to the boys themselves, and subsequently to any child.) This continues until the first anchor comes free and hangs directly downward from the [[cathead]] (the anchor is then said to be [[a-trip]]). The officer supervising the forecastle party then calls out 'Up and down. sir', and the [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] or first [[lieutenant]] in charge of the whole operation replies 'Thick and dry for weighing' - meaning that the cable must be allowed to resume its normal girth after the stretching and attenuation which it naturally suffers during the hauling process, and that as much water as is reasonably possible must be drained from it, before any more of it is brought inboard. When these conditions are fulfilled, the forecastle party attaches the [[cat hook]] to the ring of the anchor and pulls it up to the cathead. The last stage is to [[fish]] the anchor, using a special [[tackle]] to draw the foot of the anchor upwards and backwards until the [[shank]] is nearly horizontal and finally securing it to a [[belaying pin]]. Meanwhile, the cable of the second anchor is attached to the messenger and taken through the same sequence of operations.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Other methods of weighing==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Other methods of weighing==</div></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>Oliver Mundyhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=3091&oldid=prevCzrisher: Corrected typo apres quotation2007-11-01T21:50:50Z<p>Corrected typo apres quotation</p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 21:50, 1 November 2007</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==In the Canon==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==In the Canon==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In [[The Far Side of the World]], when the iron [[pawl]]s of the capstan are damaged, [[Aubrey]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">weighs </del>declares, "We shall weigh with a voyol to the jeer-capstan." Explaining, "This is a voyol with a difference", he describes the process to the midshipmen thus:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In [[The Far Side of the World]], when the iron [[pawl]]s of the capstan are damaged, [[Aubrey]] declares, "We shall weigh with a voyol to the jeer-capstan." Explaining, "This is a voyol with a difference", he describes the process to the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[midshipman|</ins>midshipmen<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>thus: </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><blockquote>He makes [a big, single-sheaved block] fast to the cable -- he reeves the jeer-fall through it -- the jeer-fall is brought to its capstan, with the standing part belayed to the [[bitt]]s. So you get a direct runner-purchase instead of a dead nip, do you understand?<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. (c)1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 237</ref></blockquote></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><blockquote>He makes [a big, single-sheaved block] fast to the cable -- he reeves the jeer-fall through it -- the jeer-fall is brought to its capstan, with the standing part belayed to the [[bitt]]s. So you get a direct runner-purchase instead of a dead nip, do you understand?<ref>O'Brian, Patrick. ''The Far Side of the World''. (c)1984 by William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. Published as a Norton Paperback 1992: p. 237</ref></blockquote></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>Czrisherhttp://wiki.hmssurprise.org/phase3/index.php?title=Weigh&diff=3053&oldid=prevLadyShelley: /* Procedure */ link fix2007-10-29T02:26:02Z<p><span class="autocomment">Procedure: </span> link fix</p>
<table style="background-color: white; color:black;">
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<col class='diff-marker' />
<col class='diff-content' />
<tr valign='top'>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:26, 29 October 2007</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Procedure==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A fiddler or fifer, squatting cross-legged on the head of the capstan, strikes up a rhythmical tune to regulate and encourage the men as they begin to thrust at the bars, turning the capstan clockwise so that the starboard side of the messenger is hauled taut and begins to move aft, bringing the anchor cable with it. As each of the nippers reaches a point almost above the [[hatchway]] leading to the cable tier, is is released by boys who then run forward to attach it to the new length of cable that has just come in through the [[hawse hole]]. (From this task, the term 'nipper' came to be applied colloquially to the boys themselves, and subsequently to any child.) This continues until the first anchor comes free and hangs directly downward from the [[cathead]] (the anchor is then said to be [[a-trip]]). The officer supervising the forecastle party then calls out 'Up and down. sir', and the [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] or first [[lieutenant]] in charge of the whole operation replies 'Thick and dry for weighing' - meaning that the cable must be allowed to resume its normal girth after the stretching and attenuation which it naturally suffers during the hauling process, and that as much water as is reasonably possible must be drained from it, before any more of it is brought inboard. When these conditions are fulfilled, the forecastle party attaches the [[cat<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-</del>hook]] to the ring of the anchor and pulls it up to the cathead. The last stage is to [[fish]] the anchor, using a special [[tackle]] to draw the foot of the anchor upwards and backwards until the [[shank]] is nearly horizontal and finally securing it to a [[belaying pin]]. Meanwhile, the cable of the second anchor is attached to the messenger and taken through the same sequence of operations.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>A fiddler or fifer, squatting cross-legged on the head of the capstan, strikes up a rhythmical tune to regulate and encourage the men as they begin to thrust at the bars, turning the capstan clockwise so that the starboard side of the messenger is hauled taut and begins to move aft, bringing the anchor cable with it. As each of the nippers reaches a point almost above the [[hatchway]] leading to the cable tier, is is released by boys who then run forward to attach it to the new length of cable that has just come in through the [[hawse hole]]. (From this task, the term 'nipper' came to be applied colloquially to the boys themselves, and subsequently to any child.) This continues until the first anchor comes free and hangs directly downward from the [[cathead]] (the anchor is then said to be [[a-trip]]). The officer supervising the forecastle party then calls out 'Up and down. sir', and the [[Post Captain (rank)|captain]] or first [[lieutenant]] in charge of the whole operation replies 'Thick and dry for weighing' - meaning that the cable must be allowed to resume its normal girth after the stretching and attenuation which it naturally suffers during the hauling process, and that as much water as is reasonably possible must be drained from it, before any more of it is brought inboard. When these conditions are fulfilled, the forecastle party attaches the [[cat hook]] to the ring of the anchor and pulls it up to the cathead. The last stage is to [[fish]] the anchor, using a special [[tackle]] to draw the foot of the anchor upwards and backwards until the [[shank]] is nearly horizontal and finally securing it to a [[belaying pin]]. Meanwhile, the cable of the second anchor is attached to the messenger and taken through the same sequence of operations.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Other methods of weighing==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Other methods of weighing==</div></td></tr>
<!-- diff generator: internal 2024-03-29 11:00:49 -->
</table>LadyShelley