He was out there with the crew helping to cut the aerial free as these
steel hawsers
whipped around the deck.
They
wove a reed hawser
for him, they cut sticks for him.
A
wire hawser
attached to a mobile winch held them.
Sudden surges may occur when
nylon hawsers
are used on capstans for heavy towing or impact loading.
They wove a
reed hawser
for him, they cut sticks for him.
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