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Small Bower Anchor |
| The small bower anchor was one of the three main anchors on an eighteenth- century sailing vessel of any size. The other two were the sheet and belt bower anchor. The bower anchors were so called because they were affixed to the bows of the vessel. The small bower was often used to slow or stop a ship by turning its head into wind after the amount of sail had been reduced. |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000050 |