Painter (rope)
Topic: Engineering
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Short description: Rope tied to a boat
A painter is a rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing.[1] Ideally, the painter should float. If used on a boat with a propeller, the length of the painter should be shorter than the distance to the propeller, to prevent fouling the engine.[2]
Canoeing
Canoes being used in moving water or whitewater are rigged with a painter at both the bow and stern.[3] In addition to the functions mentioned above, a canoe's painters can be used for lining the boat down difficult sections,[4] self-rescue,[5] and boat recovery.[6]
See also
- Knot
- List of hitch knots
- List of knots
References
- ↑ Husick, Charles B. (2009). Chapman Piloting and Seamanship (66th ed.). New York: Hearst Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-58816-744-6.
- ↑ "What to do when you have a fouled prop" (in en). 15 September 2016. https://www.tradeaboat.co.nz/features/1609/what-to-do-when-you-have-a-fouled-prop.
- ↑ Grant, Gordon (1997). Canoeing: A Trailside Guide (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton. p. 111. ISBN 0-393-31489-8. https://archive.org/details/canoeingtrailsid00gran/page/111.
- ↑ Callan, Kevin (2012). "The Art of Lining a Canoe". Paddling.net. http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?224. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ↑ Grant (1997), p. 115
- ↑ Bechdel, Les; Ray, Slim (1989), River Rescue (2nd ed.), Boston: AMC Books, pp. 97–98, ISBN 0-910146-76-4, https://archive.org/details/riverrescue00bech/page/97.
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