21. The offender was allowed out as soon as he had, with his bare hands, unpicked the hawser . 22. Barges tow as far as 1000 feet astern, their heavy 2-inch steel hawsers sometimes 15 feet underwater. 23. After a day on the Coast Guard cutter Hawser , every member of the eight-person crew is sore. 24. Mooring is often accomplished using thick ropes called " mooring lines " or " hawsers ". 25. The " Grapple's " caprail is curved to fairlead and prevent chafing of the towing hawser . 26. The " Safeguard's " caprail is curved to fairlead and prevent chafing of the towing hawser . 27. At the tanker end of the hawser , a chafe chain is connected to prevent damage from the tanker fairlead. 28. A load pin can be applied to the mooring uni-joint on the buoy deck to measure hawser loads. 29. The " Grasp's " caprail is curved to fairlead and prevent chafing of the towing hawser . 30. Loughman's lifeline and air hose became tangled in the hawser , preventing him from either ascending or descending.
