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A hawk is a cylindrical duct practiced in the hull of a boat used to pass the chain of the anchor. It is usually located between the bridge and the plating. Its position needs to be accurately studied to match the windlass alignment. Chains of windlass with hawks Reinforcement of hull out of hawk
On small boats, the hawk can be replaced by a davit (fitting with a sheave), the anchor chain then runs on the deck and is often central (only one anchorage line). Sourcemode the code
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