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RIDING between the wind and tide
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RIDING between the wind and tide
RIDING between the wind and tide, the situation of a vessel at anchor, when the wind and tide act upon her in direct opposition; in such a manner as to destroy the effort of each other upon her hull; so that the is in a manner balanced between their reciprocal force, and rides without the East strain on her cables.When a ship does not labour heavily, or feel a great strain when anchored in an open road or bay, she is laid to ride easy. On the contrary, whert the pitches violently into the sea, so as to strain her cables, masts, or hull, it is called. riding hard, and the vessel is termed a bad roader.
A ship is rarely said to ride when the is fastened at both the ends, as in a harbour or river, that situation being comprehended in the article MOORING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 243, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1072.html