bow line

There was no time to cast off the bow line.

I tossed one of them my bow line and then they helped me scramble on board.

He looked confused, as any sailor might who takes a bow line from an elf.

He tossed the anchor over the side and cleated off the bow line.

He saw several bows lined up on a rack.

Stern and bow lines were cast off in a jiffy.

"I bring the boat up into the wind with both the bow line and the stern line in one hand," he said.

Ernesto untied the bow line and stepped down into the boat.

Martha jumped ashore with the bow line while I secured the stern.

They were down to one-and-one, a bow line and a stern line.

But now, with the rise in river level, the dock was almost awash and the bow line bar-taut.

"Then stand by that bow line," she ordered.

When he returned, all he could see of his boat was the bow line straining at a sharp angle down into the water.

One of the brothers-Cashel couldn't tell which as he tied the bow line to the ladder-was among them.

Then the bow line tautened with a jerk.

Its bow line jerked tight as the giant swells tossed the two boats up at different angles.

I picked up the bow line and looped it over my shoulders, leaning forward to start the little boat sliding along the beach.

The boat slid gracefully into the waves, as one of the attractive female companions held fast to the bow line.

I tossed Fielding's box into the canoe, wrapped the bow line around my right hand, and started dragging the boat toward the trees.

It was connected by a bow line, a stem line, and two spring lines: four lines.

Bow line and hold one stern line.

They made the Whaler fast, moving the bow line to the stern, set the steering for dead ahead, west, and opened the throttles slightly.

This bow line has been cut."