What is used to prevent wear on towlines...

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What is used to prevent wear on towlines that bear on hard surfaces?

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What is used to prevent wear on towlines that bear on hard surfaces?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Chafing – what happens when a line rubs repeatedly on a hard surface • Typical towing gear components and their purposes • Difference between protecting the line vs guiding the line

💭 Think About

• Which option describes something whose main job is to protect a line from rubbing damage, not to protect a person or make things slippery? • On a tug or towing vessel, what do you put around a line where it passes over a rail, bitt, or bulwark so the line itself doesn’t get worn? • Which choice sounds like a removable covering that can be wrapped or fastened around the towline at a point of contact?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice is specifically used to protect the line, not the deck fitting or crew. • Eliminate any items that are fixed fittings on the vessel rather than something applied to the line itself. • Ask: does this item reduce abrasion/wear from rubbing or does it serve a different purpose (footwear, lubrication, fairleading)?

Question 1 of 27070

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What is used to prevent wear on towlines that bear on hard surfaces?

A

Chafing gear

B

Boots

C

Grease

D

Chocks

Question 1 / 2707066636ee728f7522a1c518e3b

Question 1 of 2707066636ee728f7522a1c518e3b

What is used to prevent wear on towlines that bear on hard surfaces?

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Question 1 of 27070

Q

What is used to prevent wear on towlines that bear on hard surfaces?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Chafing – what happens when a line rubs repeatedly on a hard surface • Typical towing gear components and their purposes • Difference between protecting the line vs guiding the line

💭 Think About

• Which option describes something whose main job is to protect a line from rubbing damage, not to protect a person or make things slippery? • On a tug or towing vessel, what do you put around a line where it passes over a rail, bitt, or bulwark so the line itself doesn’t get worn? • Which choice sounds like a removable covering that can be wrapped or fastened around the towline at a point of contact?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice is specifically used to protect the line, not the deck fitting or crew. • Eliminate any items that are fixed fittings on the vessel rather than something applied to the line itself. • Ask: does this item reduce abrasion/wear from rubbing or does it serve a different purpose (footwear, lubrication, fairleading)?