Jack Painter wrote:


There are no "ropes" on vessels. Boats use LINE.


The Navy has lots of rope on their ships. Rope is stranded wire "cable"
(for lack of a better word). This is the big serious stuff for towing
and lifting and the like.

Line is non-metallic and generally made from synthetic or organic
fibers. Line that was smaller than 1/4" or so is generally called small
stuff. But there are exceptions, like shot line.

Jack

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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jacker at midmaine dot com