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In order to provide an efficient lead to the terminal bollards, spring line issue points should be as far as forward and as far aft as possible. To avoid line chafing on the shell, the issue points must also be within the parallel body. The ship fairleads serving the forward handspring should be at the [...]
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Arrangement for Spring Lines
Posted by author on July 11th, 2008
Posted in Mooring 
Tags: accommodation area, bollards, bow area, breast, handspring, shell, shipside, spring_line, upper deck, winch 
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Posted by author on June 3rd, 2008
Bight- A loop form by doubling back a rope upon itself.
Bitts – Vertical post or bollards mounted in pairs around which a line can be secured.
Bollard- A vertical post to which the eye of a mooring line can be attached.
Breast lines- Mooring lines leading ashore as nearly perpendicular as possible in a ships fore and [...]
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