cast anchor
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secure a vessel with an anchor
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On the 10th of February, 1828, the Astrolabe appeared off Tikopia, and took as guide and interpreter a deserter found on the island; made his way to Vanikoro, sighted it on the 12th inst., lay among the reefs until the 14th, and not until the 20th did he cast anchor within the barrier in the harbour of Vanou.
He first cast anchor at Botany Bay, visited the Friendly Isles, New Caledonia, then directed his course towards Santa Cruz, and put into Namouka, one of the Hapai group.
It was on this account, no doubt, that a boat was detached from the bark as soon as the latter had cast anchor, and came with eight sailors, amidst whom was to be seen an object of an oblong form, a sort of large pannier or bale.
They entered the roadstead; but as they drew near in order to cast anchor, a little cutter, looking like a coastguard formidably armed, approached the merchant vessel and dropped into the sea a boat which directed its course to the ladder.
"Quiet, you scugs," he cried, "or I'll cast anchor in you"; and at once the din was hushed.
Night passes in a twink, and again your rakish craft noses for the wind, whales spout, you glide over buried cities, and have brushes with pirates and cast anchor on coral isles.
He was not a Filipino simply because there were none at that time, the Philippines did not exist, the archipelago of more than 7,000 island had not been consolidated into a political entity when Ferdinand Magellan, that Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, cast anchor somewhere in Sugbu.
After a whole day of driving and a couple of short stops -- including a short detour to the scenic Edith Falls it's time to cast anchor at Daly Waters, 600 km south of Darwin.
We could not round the cape before dark, and therefor the captain did not dare try it, we therefor ran into a cove a few miles north of Hatteras and cast anchor. If the anchors hold we are safe, if not the Lord preserve us nothing else can.
The next day, the coast of Corsica was in sight but it was mid-morning before we cast anchor off Calvi.
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