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drogue
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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drogue, usually an improvised contraption by which a sailing vessel is slowed down in a following sea to prevent it being
pooped by
waves coming up
astern. It can vary from a long
warp towed astern in small sailing craft to a
spar with a weighted sail in larger sailing ships. A drogue is very widely confused with a
sea anchor, but in fact the two serve different purposes.
Sir Francis Drake used a drogue comprised of wineskins in the
Golden Hinde when chasing the
treasure ship Cacafuego in the Pacific as he did not wish to alarm its crew by coming up to it too fast. Also, when an open boat approaches the shore through breakers, a
grass-line over the stern acts as an efficient drogue, both slowing the boat down and holding it steady so that the waves do not turn it broadside to the beach so that it
capsizes.
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CORVALLIS, Ore.: Invasion of New Beach Grass Could Weaken Shoreline Protection
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 9/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...The European beach grass did so well that...almost every sandy beach in Oregon. These...the American beach grass species had gone...also to stabilize beaches, American beach grass tends to out...process advances, beach habitat disappears...the American ...
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BEACH GRASS PLANTING HELPS STABILIZE DELAWARE SHORELINE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/8/2008; 580 words
; ...converged on public beaches along the Atlantic Ocean...on April 5 to plant beach grass that will stabilize...conserve Delaware's beaches and protect inland properties...coordinates the annual beach grass planting. The section also implements beach replenishment and ...
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Rotarians and Boy Scouts unite to plant beach grass.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/24/2006; 700+ words
; ...Kempsville, joined forces to plant beach grass at the public boat ramp at Lesner...installed 1,500 units of American beach grass. "The city has an ongoing effort to plant beach grass at the bayfront and oceanfront...
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR BEACH GRASS PLANTING EVENT MARCH 21
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/14/2009; 611 words
; ...windblown sand. As the grass traps the sand, it builds...million stems of beach grass have been planted by...and Delaware's ocean beaches. DNREC's Division...coordinates the annual beach grass planting event. The section also implements beach replenishment and ...
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Beach-grass planting day set for this weekend
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 3/26/2008; 493 words
; HULL - People are invited to help plant thousands of beach-grass plants along the north Nantasket Beach dunes on Saturday . The town beach management committee led by Rhoda Kanet is sponsoring the beach-grass planting...
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MORE THAN 900 VOLUNTEERS JOIN DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PLANT 150,000 STEMS OF BEACH GRASS IN ANNUAL EVENT HELD MARCH 21
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/27/2009; 608 words
; ...Delaware Bay public beaches to help plant Cape American Beach Grass on the dunes. In the...Beach and Kitts Hummock Beach. Each year in the early...stems of Cape American Beach Grass on Delaware's ocean and bay beaches. Beach grass helps...
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BEACH GRASS-ROOTS EFFORT GETS THE GREEN LIGHT.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 9/4/2002; 700+ words
; ...this season on the Virginia Beach Sportsplex's battered turf...t half dead.'' Virginia Beach city officials say they're...exhibition game on the vulnerable grass. "I don't think we've...VIRGINIAN-PILOT The Virginia Beach Sportsplex awaits its new surface...
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MORE THAN 500 VOLUNTEERS JOIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR 18TH ANNUAL BEACH GRASS PLANTING ON MARCH 24
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/27/2007; 528 words
; ...help plant Cape American beach grass on the dunes at Atlantic...and Delaware Bay public beaches. In the chilly but fairly...Sussex County and Bowers Beach in Kent County. Beach...wind blown sand. As the beach grass traps sand, it...replenish sand to eroded beaches ...
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Planting to preserve dune at Nantasket Volunteers sought to transplant beach grass on March 31
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 3/8/2007; 448 words
; Volunteers will be out March 31 planting thousands of beach grass plants along a stretch of the Nantasket Beach dune in Hull. The beach management committee says the aim is "to maintain the dune so it can continue to...
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Lay It Softly In The Beach Grass.(The Poet's Corner)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Kindred Spirits; 6/22/2003; ; 469 words
; Lay It Softly In The Beach Grass I approached the dawn in The silence of the morning The spilling...song Over the dirt roads And red sand And lay it softly In the beach grass Madeline Anne Weinfield Princeton, NJ, USA
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beach grass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
beach grass or marram grass , any species of the genus Ammophila, perennial grasses used to control the shifting of sand dunes, thereby...protecting sandy coastal areas. The European beach grass ( A. arenaria ) has been used to hold dunes in...
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Grasses
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...America ’ s tallest grass. The reed is a very widespread...typically dominated by species of grasses such as the beach grass ( Ammophila breviligulata...habitats typically dominated by cord grasses such as Spartina alterniflora...
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grass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...their large underground root system, grasses (e.g., beach grass ) are often introduced to prevent erosion. Grasses are classified in the division Magnoliophyta...See U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Grass: The Yearbook of Agriculture (1948...
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marram grass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
marram grass see beach grass .
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Cape Cod
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...forest of pitch pine and scrub oak with marsh grasses, beach peas, bayberry shrubs, beach plums, and blueberry bushes. The naturalist...Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod (1928). Most of the ponds and...
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