In Britain, it means diddly. It means you're a male, presumably respectable. If you have no other title, then the overly-British will put esq. after your name on an envelope, etc. In America, I believe it's sometimes used after a lawyer's surname. However, I don't see it used much by U.S. lawyers.
Davit systems are most often used to lower an emergency lifeboat to the embarkation level to be boarded. Davits can also be used as man-overboard safety devices to retrieve personnel from the water. The lifeboat davit has falls (now made of wire, historically of manila rope) that are used to lower the lifeboat into the water.
The [ grapnel boat anchor ] , another boat anchor type, has four flukes on cruciform arm does not need a stock and is suited in areas of hard sand and rocks, but the grapnel boat anchor's disadvantage is that they are not easily stowed on yachts. Most other forms are classed as âhigh holding powerâ or âstocklessâ.