🔍 Key Concepts

• Heaving line vs hawser – which one is light and easy to throw? • Purpose of a gantline and where it is normally used (aloft vs over to a dock). • How a messenger line is used to bring a heavier line across a gap.

💭 Think About

• When you need to get a heavy hawser from the ship to the dock, can you throw it directly, or do you first send something lighter across? • Which of these options is specifically designed to be thrown a distance and then used to pull across a larger, heavier line? • Think about where each of these is usually found: which would rig gear aloft, which is used for mooring, and which is only a temporary safety or backup line?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which listed line is small-diameter and weighted so it can be thrown. • Confirm which option is commonly used as a messenger line for mooring lines and hawsers. • Eliminate any line whose primary function is not related to sending a line between ship and dock.