An anchor is a heavy object, often made out of metal, that is used to attach a ship to the bottom of a body of water at a specific point to act as a weight to keep the ship from moving. There are two primary classes of anchors—temporary and permanent. A permanent anchor is often called a mooring, and is rarely moved; it is quite possible the vessel cannot hoist it aboard but must hire a service to move or maintain it. Vessels carry one or more temporary anchors which may be of different designs and weights. A sea anchor is an unrelated device: a drogue used to control a drifting vessel.

The vessel is attached to the anchor by the rode which is made with chain, cable, or mooring line (or a combination of these). The hole in the hull through which the anchor rode passes is called "hawsepipe" because thick mooring lines are called "hawsers".

An anchor works by resisting the movement force of the vessel which is attached to it. There are two primary ways to do this—via sheer mass, and by "hooking" into the seabed. While permanent moorings can use large masses resting on this seabed, this is not practical for temporary anchors which need to be stowed onboard, so almost all temporary anchors are of the type which have metal flukes which hook on to rocks in the bottom or bury themselves in soft bottoms.

An interesting element of anchor jargon is the term aweigh, which describes the anchor when it is hanging on the rope, not resting on the bottom; this is linked to the term to weigh anchor, meaning to lift the anchor from the sea bed, allowing the ship or boat to move. An anchor is described as aweigh when it has been broken out of the bottom and is being hauled up to be stowed. Aweigh should not be confused with under way, which describes a vessel which is not moored to a dock or anchored, whether or not it is moving through the water. Thus, a vessel can be under way (or underway) with no way on (i.e., not moving).

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How long should I clean my microdermal anchors for after I get them put in?
Q. I just got 2 anchors in my neck in the position of what I would call a vertical madison about two weeks ago. I soak them 2-3 times a day and plan on doing it for a while, even though they never look dirty when I clean them. I just wanted to know, how long after you got your anchors did you continue cleaning them for?
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Best way to repair a basement wall that is tilting in? Wall anchors recommended. Concerned about resale value.
Q. I received an estimate for rebuilding the wall & having Grip-Tite anchors put in. I think the anchors seem like a good way to go but I don't know anyone who has had it done & what their experience has been. I'm also concerned about down the road when I want to sell my home, if this will deter most buyers even though it is guaranteed. If anyone has any suggestions or experiences that might help me make my decision, that would be great. I also would love to hear from any realtor, that could ease my mind about losing re-sale value. My basement is mostly finished & has never gotten any water in it. Thanks!
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A. Sadie, the wall is falling down in the basement... No resale if the wall is not repaired... Definately no sale if the wall does fall.. Besides it could make the house have major structual problems from no support... Mortage company will not loan money on a house that is about to fall down... All I can suggest is call 2 more contractors to give ya an estimate... Sadie keep your mouth shut -- don't tell them someone was already their and did an estimate--ok
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What is the HTML code for page anchors and search engines?
Q. I would like to make "page anchors" so that someone can link to another part of a page on my site. Also, I would like to know if anyone has any idea how to make a search engine to search the site.
Asked by horseslovepie2 - Mon Jun 16 11:19:17 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Page anchors are created using a named anchor tag. Go to Part 1 Go to Part 2 Go to Part 3 Part 1
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As far as making a search engine to search the site, that's a completely different beast. It would largely depend on what programming languages are available for your host provider (PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, Perl, Java, etc). If you just want to put a simple search box that only searches your site, the easiest way is to embed a Google search box that is restricted to your site. Try this:
Answered by jpasher - Mon Jun 16 14:08:41 2008

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