Hawser

Hawser is a nautical term for a cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.[1] [2] A hawser passes through a hawsehole or cat hole,[3] located on the hawse.[4]
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Hawser: large strong rope used for towing purposes and for securing or mooring ships. Hawsers are now mostly made of steel.
Haz mat: an industry abbreviation for "hazardous material." ...

hawser - A rope that is very large in diameter, usually used when docking large vessels.
hazard - An object that might not allow safe operation. A group of rocks just under the water or a submerged wreck could be a navigational hazard.

Hawser Bend
Sheet Bend An ideal knot to join to ropes of unequal thickness.
Sheepshank ...

Hawser A heavy rope used for mooring, kedging, lineing, towing or as a temporary anchor line.
Head Forward in a ship, headsails are forward of the foremast.

hawser - A rope of a larger width; a rope having a diameter of more than 4.5 inches. A large rope laid up with the sun or right-handed.
hawse timbers - The large timbers in the bows of ships in which the hawse holes are cut.

Hawser:
A heavy line or cable used for towing, mooring or anchoring a large vessel
Hazard:
An object that might not allow safe operation. A group of rocks just under the water or a submerged wreck could be a navigational hazard.

hawser
A large rope or cable -- usually more than 5 inches (13 centimeters) in diameter -- used to tow or moor a ship or secure it at a dock. (back)
head gear ...

CAPSTAN, STEAM A vertical drum or barrel operated by a steam engine and used for handling heavy anchor chains, heavy hawsers, etc. The engine is usually nonreversing and transmits its power to the capstan shaft through a worm wheel.

hawser is bent on to the whip and hauled off to the wreck, to be made fast a little above the tail-block, after which the shore end is hauled taut over a crotch by means of tackle attached to a sand anchor.

chock: a guide for an anchor, mooring or docking line, attached to the deck a metal fitting, usually mounted on or in a boat's rail, to guide hawsers or lines for mooring or towing.

HAWSER - A large rope used for warping, etc.
HATCH - An opening in a boat's deck fitted with a watertight cover.
HEAD - A marine toilet, the toilet itself or the room in which the toilet is located. . Also the upper corner of a triangular sail.

Hawser: A heavy line or cable used for towing, mooring or anchoring.
Head Sea: A sea which is traveling in the opposite direction to that of the boat.
Head to Wind: Where the boat is pointed directly into the wind, sails luffing.

The towline or hawser should be secured to the boat by a professional who knows which part of the boat can take the greatest stress. Depending upon the boat type the usual location for placement of the towline is to the bow cleats, mast, or winches.

To this the riding hawser is made fast. To prevent the anchor from sinking, a buoy, B, is made fast to one corner by a rope, with five or six fathoms of drift. The buoy rope, P, leads on board.

It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, anchors or dock lines.

1) A hole in the bow for the anchor rode. A hawser is an especially large docking or towing line. 2) A hole in a rail or deck for a docking line.
hazard to navigation
A shallow area, rock, drifting boat, or other potentially dangerous object.

A significant broadside wind will have it scooting back into open water before you can say "Yassir, pass me that hawser.

Towing another vessel in a heavy sea, oil is of the greatest service, and may prevent the hawser from breaking. Distribute oil from the towing vessel, forward and on both sides. If only used aft, the tow alone gets the benefit (Fig. 79.) ...

They may also be used in securing lines to anchors where there is no time to make a splice. Hawsers are sometimes connected by two bowlines, the loop of one knot being passed through the loop of the other for towing.