anchor watch

What sort of an anchor watch would the French be keeping?

He was alert for any sign of an anchor watch.

The anchor watch was six spacers under the second mate.

He passed the sailor on anchor watch and acknowledged him with a nod.

Again he regrets seeming eccentric by having taken the anchor watch.

Just an anchor watch, with you in charge.

We'll leave an anchor watch, of course, but now that the sensors are in place, four men ought to be plenty."

She added with a sniff, "And you notice there's not an anchor watch on any of them?

Save for the anchor watch, the Swift's complement was assembled in the station foyer.

Keep a good anchor watch, and pump the bilge every hour.'

Lamsoe and Tulane were on guard at the main hatch as part of the anchor watch.

Cummins was on anchor watch and when he called me we were being blown downwind fast.

Still, the lieutenants had enjoyed themselves, finding Southwick only too willing to stand an anchor watch.

Then he seated himself beside the lashed bar of the tiller to stand anchor watch.

Three weeks standing dull rounds at anchor watch had undermined the best effort to maintain vigilance.

The captain volunteers to take the anchor watch, staying on deck late to watch for the wind they need.

After the ship has been opened, spacers, there's a twenty-four hour liberty for everybody but the designated anchor watch.

It was on account of his insomnia that he volunteered to take the anchor watch in the first place.)

"You were relieved of standing early-morning anchor watch."

The crew from the anchor watch who'd just extended the gangplank watched their singing, laughing, fellows without expression.

A bow-wow is good on a scow when all hands sleep alongside the dock or in an anchor watch."

The Game Club had good enough security that he didn't feel he had to leave an anchor watch.

Black Joke had two men on her anchor watch as she lunged and fretted against her cable.

From the cheers that went up in response, Whitebread and Racine were still on anchor watch.

If God favors us and I've done my calculations correctly, there'll be liberty for all but an anchor watch inside of twelve hours.