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SAILING MANEUVER
Kedge; Kedging
Kedging
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Kedge.
Kedge
·vt A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed witch. ·see Kedge, ·vt, and Anchor, ·noun.
II. Kedge ·noun To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
kedge
[k?d?]
¦ verb move (a boat) by hauling in a hawser attached at a distance to an anchor.
¦ noun (also kedge anchor) a small anchor used for such a purpose.
Origin
C15: perh. a specific use of dialect cadge 'bind, tie'.
Wikipédia
Warping (sailing)
Warping or kedging is a method of moving a sailing vessel, typically against the wind or out from a dead calm, by hauling on a line attached to a kedge anchor, a sea anchor or a fixed object, such as a bollard. In small boats, the anchor may be thrown in the intended direction of progress and hauled in after it settles, thus pulling the boat in that direction, while larger ships can use a boat to carry the anchor ahead, drop it and then haul. For example, the sloop Adventure under the command of the infamous pirate Blackbeard ran aground attempting to kedge the Queen Anne's Revenge off the bar near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina in June 1718.
