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	be at anchor // lie at anchor. When the vessel is swung by the wind with its head to the wind, it is windrode, by the tide, it is tiderode. With the wind and the tide in same direction it is riding lee tide, and when in opposite directions, it is riding weather tide or windward tide. Under influence of both wind and tide the ship lay between wind and tide. "Ligge eller giire imellem Strømmen og Vinden." ride betwixt wind and tide // ride athwart. [Röding] Er vind og tidevand parallelle, ligger skibet up and down the tide. [EST, ENK, FALC, SEHA247, SMY] Kilder

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Beskrivelse

ligge til ankers

be at anchor // lie at anchor.

When the vessel is swung by the wind with its head to the wind, it is windrode, by the tide, it is tiderode.
With the wind and the tide in same direction it is riding lee tide, and when in opposite directions, it is riding weather tide or windward tide.

Under influence of both wind and tide the ship lay between wind and tide.
"Ligge eller giire imellem Strømmen og Vinden." ride betwixt wind and tide // ride athwart.
[Röding]

Er vind og tidevand parallelle, ligger skibet up and down the tide.
[EST, ENK, FALC, SEHA247, SMY] Kilder

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