mooring lines
Ship's securing ropes
Mooring lines are the ropes or cables used to secure a vessel to a dock, pier, or buoy.
Different lines serve different functions—bow lines, stern lines, spring lines—each preventing movement in a particular direction.
The crew threw the mooring lines to workers on the pier.
Also called dock lines.
- head lineArticle's prominent title
- stern lineRope from boat's rear
- hawserThick nautical tethering rope
- spring lineDiagonal nautical restraint
- ship dockingVessel securing at port
bollard · cleat · tying off · anchors · winches · chock · cable · hull · anchor line · rope · snubber · capstan · warping · heaving line · dock · marina slip · chafe · tie-up
securing versus releasing a vessel
mooring linescasting off
Releasing mooring lines
untying · setting sail · unmooring · departure · letting go
stationary versus propulsion equipment
mooring linessails
Wind-catching boat fabric
propellers · propulsion system · propulsion systems · drift · underway