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You are in the process of adding a barge to your tow. A line run from your power capstan and around timber heads on your tow is made fast on the new barge so that it can be pulled into position. What is this line called?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Towing terminology used when bringing a new barge into an existing tow • Difference between lines named for their function (what they do) vs. lines named for their location/direction (fore-and-aft, spring, breast) • How a power capstan is actually used on a towing vessel when positioning barges

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• Ask yourself: Is this line named because it is attached to the capstan, or because of the direction it leads (fore/aft or diagonally), or because of a special towing function? • Which of these terms would most likely be found in towboat/barging operations when hauling a barge into position alongside or into the tow? • Visualize the setup: you have an existing tow, a new barge, and a capstan. What specific job is this line doing — is it primarily pulling the barge in, or controlling its fore‑and‑aft movement, or checking its motion?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which terms are standard towboat vocabulary for the line used to haul a barge into position with a capstan. • Check whether a spring line usually refers to securing/mooring and controlling fore‑and‑aft movement, rather than initially hauling a barge into place. • Eliminate any options that sound like they describe a general direction of line (fore and aft, spring) rather than the mechanical use with the capstan in this scenario.

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