You are 15 feet off a pier and docking a vessel using
only a bow breast line and stern breast line. Once the slack is out of both lines you begin to...

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You are 15 feet off a pier and docking a vessel using
only a bow breast line and stern breast line.  Once the slack is out of both lines you begin to haul in on the bow breast line.  What is the effect on the vessel?

Accepted Answer

The bow will come in and the stern will remain the same distance off the pier.

Deck 2014: Deck General

You are 15 feet off a pier and docking a vessel using only a bow breast line and stern breast line. Once the slack is out of both lines you begin to haul in on the bow breast line. What is the effect on the vessel?

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