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1. Which item is designed to be a safety stopper the riding pawl
that prevents the anchor cable from running
free if the cable jumps the wildcat?
2. The riding pawl is . a stopper that
prevents the anchor
cable from running
free if the cable
jumps the wildcat
3. The wheel on the windlass with indentations wildcat
for the anchor chain is the .
4. The machinery associated with heaving in windlass
and run-ning out anchor chain is the .
5. Which part of a windlass physically engages the chain
the wildcat during hauling or paying out?
6. : What is the purpose of a devil's claw? it acts as a chain
stopper
7. Electric generators can be protected against overload with fuses or
circuit break-
. ers
8. Overspeed of the diesel engine driving an electric gen- damage
to windings erator could cause .
9. The distance that a ship moves forward vessel, is
with each revolution of its propeller, if there called a
is no slip, is called
10. A mooring line leading 45° to the keel, used to
check forward or astern movement of a
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pitch
spring line
11. Which mooring line is likely to undergo the most strain
spring line when docking a ship under normal
conditions?
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12. A wooden float placed between a ship and a camel
dock to prevent damage to both is called a
13. A metal object on the pier resembling a tree bollard
stump and made to receive mooring lines
is a
wildcat
14. The revolving drum of a winch used to haul
lines is called a
wildcat
15. On an anchor windlass, the wheel over which
the an-chor chain passes is called
wildcat
16. The sprocket wheel in a windlass, used for
heaving in the anchor, is called a
17. The purpose of a devil's claw is to act as a chain stopper
18. The bow thruster generally is ineffective at over 3 knots headway
19. What is likely to occur when you are surging synthetic The heat
generated may
mooring lines on the gypsyhead during cause the lines to tem-
mooring op-erations? porarily fuse to the
gypsy-head.
20. When a line is subject to wear where it passes through wrapped
with chafing
a mooring chock, it should be gear
21. Which method should be used to secure a manila line A round turn
on the bitt
to bitts? 22. A Chinese
stopper
(two lines)
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