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

Jack Erbes, you should know better! That's what you get for calling yourself
Navy when you were a spook, lol. Admirable work but a sailor it was not.
Cable is not the lack of a better word. Cable IS wire rope, and HAWSER is
another word used nautically. But rope is NOT.

A tow LINE, mooring LINES, towing HAWSER. Flaked lines, flemmed lines, line
locker. No rope.

Jack Painter
A Sailor in Virginia