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The completed refurbished lightship
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The umpowered vessel rides out a gale, basically at the mercy of winds and waves. Held in place only by its main anchor.
26 19 January, 14:54
Frank Spahr AuthorI asked my more knowledgeable friends, and from what they told me I gathered the additional anchors were spares. With one anchor, the vessel can freely turn when the wind comes from another direction, and there´s no danger of anchor chains tangling. But being a real landlubber I can´t be sure at all! From what I read, the anchors used on those vessels were of the mushroom type in the first place. But again, that might hold true for the main anchor only ...
20 January, 06:20
George WilliamsFantastic model. I can't imagine what it must have been like to be member of the crew.
20 January, 12:22
