BM SCC Heaving Line Training

Basic technique on making up, deploying, and stowing a heaving line.
References:
NAVEDTRA 14343, Boatswain's Mate
NAVEDTRA 14067, Seaman
Monkey Fist image from Naval History and Heritage Command
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[@querubimsantos2347]

It is so much easier to learn when the subject thought is laced with good humor. Great jog!!!! and thank you so very much for the lesson.

[@BoatsYoda]

Thank YOU!

[@cameronmateen3336]

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[@skylarker9]

Nicely done, Boats! In the tugboats I still see plenty of monkey’s fists. More recently I’ve seen them filled with either sand bags or just a ball of used duck tape then often dipped, repeatedly in paint to add weigh (which if not smoothed makes a thorny ball of pain like being hit in the face with a ball of razor sharp barnacle). But, occasionally I’ll find a deckhand trying to use large nut, bolt, or large ball from a bearing as a core. Not so nice for the guy on the dock. I’ve seen longshoremen cut off a fist that sounded too solid when hitting the dock. I haven’t seen any regulation against such cores but I know after nearly being hit by a lead ball off a foreign ship that this is just an u safe idea. As a traditionalist of marlinespike seamanship I scoff at the rubber balls but they are easier, safer, and effective.

[@BoatsYoda]

Thanks, Bryan! It means a lot hearing from another salty mariner.

[@doobz444]

Hey im a 19 year old worker with calmac in the western isles i used many heaving lines good info vid cya

[@matthewtenorioduenas202]

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