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You are pushing a tow ahead, at high speed, near the right hand bank of a canal. The forces affecting your towboat and tow will tend to __________.

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You are pushing a tow ahead, at high speed, near the right hand bank of a canal. The forces affecting your towboat and tow will tend to __________.

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Bank suction and cushion effects when a vessel or tow operates close to a canal bank at speed • How water flow and pressure differ at the head of the tow versus near the towboat’s stern when close to a bank • Interaction between shallow water, narrow channels, and vessel maneuvering

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• Picture the water being squeezed between the right bank and the tow. Where will the water speed up, and where will the pressure be lower or higher? • Think separately about the front of the tow (the head) and the stern of the towboat: which part is closer to the bank and how will the water flowing past that side act on it? • Remember that suction tends to pull the hull toward low pressure, while cushion tends to push the hull away from high pressure near the bank.

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• Identify which side (bank side or off‑bank side) experiences faster water flow and lower pressure when you are close to the right bank at high speed. • Decide whether the head of the tow will feel more suction (pulled toward) or cushion (pushed away) from the right bank. • Decide whether the stern of the towboat will tend to move toward or away from the right bank as a result of these interaction forces.

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Question 1 of 20

You are pushing a tow ahead, at high speed, near the right hand bank of a canal. The forces affecting your towboat and tow will tend to __________.

push both the head of the tow and the stern of the towboat away from the right hand bank

pull both the head of the tow and the stern of the towboat into the right hand bank

pull the head of the tow into, and push the stern of the towboat away from, the right hand bank

push the head of the tow away from, and pull the stern of the towboat into, the right hand bank

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Question 1 / 2066636ee928f7522a1c519f44

Question 1 of 2066636ee928f7522a1c519f44

You are pushing a tow ahead, at high speed, near the right hand bank of a canal. The forces affecting your towboat and tow will tend to __________.

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You are pushing a tow ahead, at high speed, near the right hand bank of a canal. The forces affecting your towboat and tow will tend to __________.

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