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2. Winch - Wikipedia

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   A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). In its simplest form, it consists of a spool (or drum) attached to a hand crank. Traditionally, winches on ships accumulated wire or rope on the drum; those that do ...

3. Lift net - Wikipedia

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   Lift nets are hauled out by hand or mechanically through boom (s) and blocks. The handling (setting and hauling) of large lift nets, normally requires in addition one or several winches. The operations from the shore, from a canoe or a bigger boat includes the setting of the net at a certain depth opening facing upwards- the attraction of the fish over the above mentioned opening by light or ...

4. Anchor windlass - Wikipedia

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   An anchor windlass is a machine that restrains and manipulates the anchor chain on a boat, allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered by means of chain cable. A notched wheel engages the links of the chain or the rope. A trawl windlass is a similar machine that restrains or manipulates the trawl on a commercial fishing vessel.

5. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A capstan is a vertical- axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of seamen when hauling ropes, cables, and hawsers. The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle. The capstan and the anchor windlass on the deck below that it drives.

6. Electric boat - Wikipedia

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   An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. [1] While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines, with sail power and gasoline engines also popular, boats powered by electricity have been used for over 120 years.

7. Navier’s 30-foot hydrofoiling electric boat hits the water ...

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   Now it’s a real 30-foot boat actually plowing through the waves at 25 knots. The craft is fully electric and uses hydrofoiling to get around the fact that batteries, while fine for wheeled ...