SLIP ROPE

A mooring line led from the vessel to the shore and then back to the vessel. It can be let go and retrieved from on board the vessel as it departs.

slip_rope line back board vessel mooring_line let_go mooring shore on_board

Related Terms

A device for producing a deliberate pressure drop or resistance in a line by reducing the cross-sectional flow area.

restrictor pressure_drop pressure device flow line resistance drop

Back of the vessel.

vessel aft

A backward movement of a vessel

vessel movement

Across the ship, at right angles to the fore-and-aft centerline

vessel centerline fore_and_aft

A vessel traveling upstream.

upbound upstream vessel

The width of a ship. Also called breadth.

beam vessel width breadth

The width of a ship.

beam vessel width breadth

A hiring of a vessel

affreightment hiring vessel

A double hulled vessel

catamaran vessel

Vessel used for transporting coal.

collier vessel coal