A term Nantucket whalers' used to describe a whaleboat's wild tow by the harpooned whale until it tired and was subdued.
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AHT
An Anchor Handling Tug tha moves anchors and tow drilling vessels, lighters and similar.
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PAINTER
A rope attached to the bow of a dinghy, usually used to tow dingy or handle it at dockside, or in water.
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TOW
When one or more vessels are being towed; when a tug is towing one or more floating objects.
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TUG
A boat equiped with powerful engines for towing or pushing large ships or barges
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CONSORT
Unpowered Great Lakes vessels, usually a fully loaded schooner, barge, or steamer barge,towed by a larger steamer that would often tow more than one barge. The consort system was used in the
Great Lakes from the 1860s to around 1920.
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SWEEP
To tow a line or object below the surface, to determine the least depth in an area or to insure that a given area is free from navigational dangers to a certain depth; or the removal of such dangers.
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FLAG B
Code flag; I am loading, carrying or discharging dangerous cargo. Sound signal; Last barge of a tow in restricted visibility.
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BOLLARD PULL
The rated force that a tug boat can apply to a tow line.
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DEVIATION CLAUSE
It relates to a vessel with liberty to sail without pilots, to call at any port for any reasonable purpose, to tow and to be towed and assist vessel in distress.
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