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in a following wind and sea the tanker, particularly one with a counter stern, will tend to yaw more than a frigate.
kumoya olandelayo wolwandle inqanawa yokuthutha ipetroyile, kanye le enomva onesixhobo sokubala, ithanda ukuphambuka ngaphezu kwenqanawa enesantya epheleka ezinye.

a ship, especially one with a high forecastle, usually yaws considerably to each side of the wind when lying at single anchor in bad weather.
inqanawa, kanye enye enomphambili wenqaba ophakamileyo, idla ngokuphuma emgaqweni ngokuqwalasela kwicala ngalinye lomoya xa lilele kwi-ankile enye kwimo yezulu embi.

a screw shackle, or one with a pin and forelock, should not be used, because the bolt is apt to shake loose when moved about the deck.
ikhamandela lesikrufu, okanye elinesikhonkwane kunye nefolokh, kumele ingasetyenziswa, kuba isikhonkwane esinamaqoqo sithambekele ekungcangcazeleni sigoqoqze xa sisunduzelwa ngapha nangapha kwidekhi.

and it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto coos, and the day following unto rhodes, and from thence unto patara:
ke kaloku kwathi, sakunduluka ngomkhombe, siziqhawule kubo, see ngqo seza ekos; ngomhla olandelayo ke seza erodo, sesuka apho seza epatara.

when it is intended to tow a small vessel, or one with very low freeboard such as a motor torpedo boat or small submarine, it is usually helpful to rig her with a mast fitted with a radar reflector.
xa kufuneka itsale inqanawa encinane okanye eneplanga eliphantsi nelikhululekileyo njengephenyane le-injini elinesantya elidubulayo okanye inkwili encinane, kuqheleke kuluncedo ukumxhobisa ngemasti efakelwe isixhobo esibengezelayo esibonisa inqanawa okokuba iphi na.

then there were the newer ones with a main battery of 6-pounders on the upper deck and eight 9-pounders on the lower or gun-deck.
kwakhona kukho ezintsha ezinesingxina sebhethri ezintandathu zeponti ekwindawo ephezulu kwaye inesibhozo nethoba leponti ezantsi okanye emgangathweni wompu.