Lesson 4. Mooring. Mooring Orders

MOORING

A vessel is said to be moored when it is fastened to a fixed object such as a bollard, pier, quay or the seabed; or to a floating object such as an anchor buoy.

Mooring is accomplished using thick ropes called mooring lines or hawsers. The lines are fixed to deck fittings on the vessel at one end, and fitting on the shore, such as bollards, rings or cleats, on the other end.

Mooring by permanent anchor can be accomplished by use of a permanent anchor at the bottom of a waterway with a rode running to a float on the surface.

Many mooring buoys are privately owned but some are available for public use.

On large ships mooring is accomplished with the help of heavy machinery called mooring winches or capstans. For the heaviest cargo ships more than a dozen mooring lines can be required. Sailboats generally take 4 to 6 mooring lines.

Mooring lines are usually made out of synthetic materials such as nylon. Some ships use wire rope for one or more of their mooring lines.

I. Make a written translation of the text.

II. Watch the presentation.

MOORING ORDERS

II. Learn the mooring orders be heart.