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Jern og forøvrigt af lignende Konstruktion som lioddeblok- 

 ken. Skiven, der var solid, havde en Diameter tit m .521 

 (1 Fod 8 Tomm'er), en Tykkelse a f 0". 15 (5?/. ; Tomme), og 

 Furens Dybde var 0™.079 (3 Tommer). Skrabeaccumula- 

 toren hang paa Styrbord Side. i et Topreb. hvis ovre Ende 

 var fastgjort til Stormasten over Godset. Fig. 14 viser Ac- 

 cumulatoren hængende i Styrbords Vant. hvor den liavde 

 sin Plads. naar den ikke benyttedes til Skrabning. 



Skraben eller Trawlen gjordes klar paa Agterdækkét 

 mellem Nedgangskappen til Lugarérne og Kappen ved Si- 

 den at' Dækrullen (Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 1-1). Skrabetouget, 

 der laa i sine Binger (Fig. 2. li) agtenfor Fokkemasten, 

 og som i Tampen havde Kous og Hex. toges gjennem en 

 Kasteblok paa Fokkemasten (se Fig. 20), derfra over Hytten 

 og gjennem Kasteblokken i Accuiuulatoren. og hexedes i 

 Hanefoden til Skraben eller Trawlen. Paa Skrabetouget 

 var indsmøget en Pukkenholts Dor eller Kous med en lang 

 Stjert. Dens Plads var mellem Skrabeblokken og Skraben 

 (Trawlen). Accunmlatoren udhaltes med tirskaaren Talje 

 (Fig. 14i paa Plads muler Styrbords Storraanok. Raaen 

 brasedes saaledes, at Accumulatoren kant; omtrent midt ud 

 tor Loddebroen. (.Fig. 1. Fig. 20). Da der ved- Skrabnin- 

 gen kunde gaa stor Kraft paa Raaen saavel nedad som 

 indad. var den paa Styrbord Side fåststøttet, foruden ved. 

 Toplent, Rakke og Braser, ogsaa ved en Talje som Extra- 

 Toplent og en Støttalje paa Bagbord Side. som Fig. 14 

 viser. 



Manøvrerne ved Bundskråbning var ikke meget for- 

 skjellige, enten man brugte Skrabe eller Trawl, For Ty- 

 deligheds Skyld skal de her saTskilt beskrives, forsaavidt 

 nødvendigt er. 



Bundskråbning med Skmbe. — Skibet sattes med tukl 

 Fart op mod Tinden med denne lidt ind om Styrbord. 

 Naar det var kommet i godt Sig. standsedes Maskinen, 

 Skraben løftedes ud over Ra j kken med Haandmagt og 

 kastedes i Våndet. Forud ved Fokkemasten stod en Mand, 

 med Læderhandsker paa Hænderne, færdig til at fire ud 

 paa Skrabetouget. assisteret af- en anden Mand. der ved 

 Hjælp af en Haandspage boldt Touget klart til at løbe fra 

 Kvejlen i Bingen. Strax Skraben var i Våndet, komman- 

 déredes: -'Fir"! og man firede langsomt paa Skrabetouget. 

 saa man kunde se. om alting var klart. Naar Skraben var 

 agtenfor Skruen, sattes denne atter igang til 4 Knobs Fart. 

 som Maskinisten holdt jevn ved at observere Vandloggen. 

 (Se nedenfor). Man firede nu. med jevnlige Anhold, for at 

 bolde Touget og Apparatet strakt, stadig under samme 

 Kurs. som da Skraben kastedes overbord. Naar 200, 300 

 eller 4oo Fa vin-, effcer den mindre eller større Dybde, var 

 udtirede, standsedes atter. Touget halédes ved Hjælp af 

 Kousen og Stjerten ind til Hakkebrættet, og der paasattes 

 en Trætærs ved Hjælp af Skibmandsgarnsurring, agtenfor 

 Kousen. Der sattes atter i Gang med samme Kurs og 

 Fart. og man sejlede ud den hele Touglængde, der ansaaes 

 fornoden. nemlig mindst det dobbelte af Dybden og for 

 mindre Dybder mere. 



struction to the sounding-block. The sheaf, which «as 



solid, bad a diameter ol' 1 foot 8'/^ inclies and a thickness 

 of ti inclies. the deptb of tbe groove was .'i inclies. The 



accumulator used for the dredge hung -- on the starboard 

 side- in a pendant, the lipper end of which wassecuredto 



the mainmast above the rigging. Fig. 14 represents this 

 accumulator as it hung SUSpended in tbe starboard shrouds 

 wheli not ill use. 



Tbe dredge and the trawl «ere got ready on the 

 after-deck. between the conipaiiion -hatcbway to the 

 cabins and the hatcbway alongside of tbe reel (Figs. 

 1. 2, and 14). The dredge-rope, which at one end bad a 

 thinible and shackle. was rove lioni the lockers (Fig 2 b) 

 in which it lav coiled abaft the fore-mast, through a snatch- 

 block on the mast (hig. 20), carried from thence over the 

 roof of the roundhouse and through the snatch-block of the 

 accumulator. and then shackled to the crow-foot oi the 

 dredge or trawl. Between the dredging-block and the 

 dredge (or trawl) a thinible of lignum vita-, with a lizard, 

 «as slipped on to the dredge-rope. The accumulator «as 

 triced up under the starboard main yard-arm by means of 

 a guntackle purcfaase, the yard being trimmed so as to 

 bring the accumulator nearly abreast of the sounding-bridge 

 (Figs. 1 and 20). As the strain, inwards as well as down- 

 wards, to which the yard was exposed when dredging, 

 might be very considerable. it was secured. not only 

 by braces. lifts, and trusses, hut also, on tbe starboard 

 side. by a purchase. as a preventer-ltlt. and on the port side. 

 by a rolling-tackle, as shown in Fig. 14. 



Dredging nm! Trawling from the " Vøringen." 

 Both operations were conducted very much alike. We 

 shall. however, for the sake of perspicuitv. describe our 

 mode of working each of the two instruments. 



Working lin- Dredge, — We steamed full speed ahead, 

 with the «ind a little on our starboard bow. So soon as 

 the vessel bad got sufticieiit headway, the engine was stop- 

 ped. the dredge litted by hand over the ralling and drop- 

 ped into tbe .sea. At the foremast, a man with thick 

 leather gloves stood ready to pay out the dredge-rope. 

 which another kept clear with a handspike as it ran out 

 from the coil in the locker On the dredge entering the 

 water, the word was immediately given to veer. «ben the 

 paying out commenced, -- slowly. however. to make sure 

 that all was right. So soon as the dredge was clear of the 

 propeller, the vessel again «ent ahead. steam ing at a uniform 

 rate of 4 knots. which the engineer was enabled to keep 

 up by frequent reference to the water-log (see below). 

 Meanwhile. we kept steadily veering, while taking care, by 

 frequent holding on to the rope, that the length run out 

 should be properly taut. and steering the course given to 

 the ship «ben the dredge was put over. After paying out, 

 according to depth, 200, 300, or 400 fathoms, we again 

 stopped. hauled in the rope to tbe taffrail by means of the 

 lizard and thinible. and fastened, below tbe latter, with 

 spun-yarn. a wooden toggle to the rope. Starting again 

 (same course and speed), we next ran out the whole 

 length of rope deemed necessary for the operation. — 



