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/ boats, sailing, anchors | | French term or phrase: help with sentence | I'd been struggling bravely until I hit this one:
Un conseil: lors d'un mouillage difficile, mailler directement une aussière sur la chaîne pour éviter que le barbotin du guindeau supporte tous les efforts de traction.
BTW, I see guindeau being rendered with 'windlass' - I thought they went out with Captain Hornblower, to be replaced by winches, or? |
|  Rod DarbyKudoZ activityQuestions: 157 (none open) ( 2 without valid answers) ( 2 closed without grading) Answers: 124
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Windlasses are still very much in use, particularly when it comes to anchors and mooring.
Un conseil: lors d'un mouillage difficile, mailler directement une aussière sur la chaîne pour éviter que le barbotin du guindeau supporte tous les efforts de traction.
Hint : on a difficult mooring, shackle a warp/mooring line onto the chain in order to avoid the windlass cable drum/gypsy/wildcat from having to bear the full force of the load.
You might simply prefer to say : "... to prevent the wildcat from having to ..." It is clear from the context that this is refering to the windlass.
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
France
Local time: 04:22
| Grading comment another case where it'd be good to share the points, but yours is what I used, Nikki.
Many thanks to all,
Rod
P.S. can I take a rain-check on that Caribbean trip, Dee?
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Explanation:
Windlasses are still very much in use, particularly when it comes to anchors and mooring.
Un conseil: lors d'un mouillage difficile, mailler directement une aussière sur la chaîne pour éviter que le barbotin du guindeau supporte tous les efforts de traction.
Hint : on a difficult mooring, shackle a warp/mooring line onto the chain in order to avoid the windlass cable drum/gypsy/wildcat from having to bear the full force of the load.
You might simply prefer to say : "... to prevent the wildcat from having to ..." It is clear from the context that this is refering to the windlass.
Reference: http://www.maxwellmarine.com/support_glossary.php
| | | Grading comment another case where it'd be good to share the points, but yours is what I used, Nikki.
Many thanks to all,
Rod
P.S. can I take a rain-check on that Caribbean trip, Dee? |
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