Alvin Kempt leads some of the volunteer crew of Friends Good Will, using the ship's windlass to help with the ship's forward rigging.

Definitions:

Windlass - mechanical device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

Rigging - lines used aboard a sailing ship in formation of masts, spars, sails, etc.

 

 
       
       
   

 

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April 2005