Know your Nautical terminology
ropes, the
1. All cordage, the lines in the rigging.
2. Any cordage of over 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter.
line
The correct nautical term for the majority of the cordage or "ropes" used on a vessel. A line will always have a more specific name, such as mizzen topsail halyard, that specifies its use.
hawser
A large rope used for mooring or towing a vessel.
A towing hawser must be 2.5" in diameter or greater if it is wire or 4+" if it is not wire. In current usage in the US Navy, all 'rope' is made of wire. Natural or synthetic cordage are either lines or hawsers.
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Love your nautical terms!
“Hawser” - Canadian term, slang, used as a mild put-down.
“Take off, Hawser, Eh?”
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“A line will always have a more specific name, such as mizzen topsail halyard, that specifies its use.”
How thick is shore line?
Where does one find shore line, especially at a Naval Air Station?
Do they stow any emergency shore line behind the bar at the EM Club? (If asked always a good place to go searching!)
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