Hawser

Hawsers are great ropes of steel rope, plant fiber or synthetic material that can be used among other things for standing rigging and running rigging, as well as a mooring and towing lines or as anchor lines in diameter.

Meyers Great Conversation Lexicon of 1905 writes, a hawser was .. a strong rope that is used on ships as a towline, Verholleine or mooring line, recently mostly made ​​of steel wire ( wire cable, steel cable ), rarely from hemp ( Taut Rosse, Manila hawser ) produced is. Swimming tow lines are held by Korkbojen water Stahldrahttaue.

Anchor and associated anchor rope

Rolled steel hawser

Cable (16 inch)