moorings

Yacht moorings: During renovations, he spent time on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and another penthouse apartment.

Half a century ago, few of these frozen moorings, or "pinning points", showed much change.

More than a third of these frozen moorings, known as pinning points, have decreased in size since the turn of the century, experts say.

It showed the passenger running onto the Blue Horizon ferry’s loading ramp, which was still down and in place on the quay, as the ship had cast off its moorings and was about to leave.

The wind that blew all night before the race, rocking smaller vessels on their moorings and rattling the nylon walls of tents, robbed many of any chance at meaningful rest.