Messenger

messenger - A small line used to pull a heavier line or cable. The messenger line is usually easier to throw, lead through holes or otherwise manipulate than the line that it will be used to pull.

Messenger Line run through a single block, used to carry an object, such as another line, aloft. Midships Order to the helmsman to put the rudder fore and aft. Miss stays To stay up in the wind when tacking.

messenger A light line used to pass a heavier line (hawser or halyard) to shore or another ship MIDAS Number Maine Information Display & Analysis System Number; a number assigned to each body of water for tracking purposes.

Messenger A rope used for heaving in a cable by the capstan. Midships The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel. (See AMID-SHIPS.) Miss-Stays To fail of going about from one tack to another. Mizzenmast The aftermost mast of a ship.

Nipper - Short rope used to bind a cable to the "messenger" (a moving line propelled by the capstan) so that the cable is dragged along too (Used because the cable is too large to be wrapped round the capstan itself).

Line Gun - A gun used to shoot a messenger line from one ship to another, or to persons stranded. Liner - A passenger or cargo-carrying ship which is operated between scheduled, advertised ports of loading and discharge on a regular basis.

1) To repair a broken spar by lashing splintlike lengths of wood or metal over the fracture. 2) To lead an internal halyard or messenger through a mast. fish box An on-deck stowage area for fish that have been caught.

Messenger: A light line used for hauling over a heavier rope or cable. Messman: A member of the steward's department who served meals to officers and crew. Mole: A breakwater used as a landing pier.

See also: Secure, Course, Set, Mooring, Forward