Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nov 4, 2003 22:07
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French term
lors d'un mouillage difficile, mailler directement une aussière
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
boats, sailing, anchors
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?
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?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | windlass |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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| 5 | A tip: in a challenging ... |
Hermeneutica
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| 3 +1 | re. windlass |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | this might help |
Ewen Roth (X)
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Change log
May 2, 2011 17:22: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "help with sentence" to "lors d\'un mouillage difficile, mailler directement une aussière " , "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Ships, Sailing, Maritime"
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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windlass
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.
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.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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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Hermeneutica
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A tip: in a challenging ...
A tip: in a challenging anchoring situation, it is best to apply a hawser/mooring line directly to the chain in order to prevent the windlass gypsy from bearing the entire traction strain.
Some windlasses are fitted to take both chain and line, see
http://www.muir.com.au/muir/pages/support.html
The line should be a little flexible [nylon] to provide some "give", so that the shock caused by the boat's movement onto the chain is somewhat absorbed by the line [which should be applied tighter than the chain].
You should do this type of thing particularly if anchoring in shallow waters with quite a bit of surf, e.g. when going in close to shore as e.g. in the Caribbean ... aaaahhhh ... or anywhere else where you can expect turbulent waters, perhaps from wind picking up suddenly.
Oh and BTW winches are different ... a windlass is a special kind of winch.
Cheers and HTH
Dee, wishing I were going to sleep on a gently bobbing boat.
Some windlasses are fitted to take both chain and line, see
http://www.muir.com.au/muir/pages/support.html
The line should be a little flexible [nylon] to provide some "give", so that the shock caused by the boat's movement onto the chain is somewhat absorbed by the line [which should be applied tighter than the chain].
You should do this type of thing particularly if anchoring in shallow waters with quite a bit of surf, e.g. when going in close to shore as e.g. in the Caribbean ... aaaahhhh ... or anywhere else where you can expect turbulent waters, perhaps from wind picking up suddenly.
Oh and BTW winches are different ... a windlass is a special kind of winch.
Cheers and HTH
Dee, wishing I were going to sleep on a gently bobbing boat.
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French term (edited):
help with sentence
this might help
Don't know much about boats, but these links might help.
Good luck, HTH.
http://ltswww.epfl.ch/~auric/sailing/memento/vocabulaire.htm...
www.banik.org/pratique/Mouillage/LIAISON.HTM
www.netmarine.net/guides/dico/
permanent.cyconflans.free.fr/glossaire/glossaire.htm
www.marine-marchande.com/glossaire23.htm
Good luck, HTH.
http://ltswww.epfl.ch/~auric/sailing/memento/vocabulaire.htm...
www.banik.org/pratique/Mouillage/LIAISON.HTM
www.netmarine.net/guides/dico/
permanent.cyconflans.free.fr/glossaire/glossaire.htm
www.marine-marchande.com/glossaire23.htm
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re. windlass
I'm not a boatie, but I suspect windlass is the "correct" nautical term, possibly especially in relation to anchor weighing devices. "Winch" is certainly used (in America's Cup racing, as commented on NZ TV), but that's for the sails anyway.
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Tony M
: Yes, a winch and a windlass are not quite the same; these days, 'winch' is mainly used for sail halyards or sheets (or a certain type of windlass), whereas 'windlass' is used for mooring; confusing, as traditionally the forms were the reverse!
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