[Public-List] reswaging?

[Michael Grosh]

The raft of barges they push is called the tow. Square bowed tow boats are
also known as push boats.
That probably doesn't clear anything up, but shifts the confusion to another
set of vessels.
MichaelGrosh
#220

On Aug 26, 2010 10:43 AM, "Roger L. Kingsland" <r.kingsland at ksba.com> wrote:
> We have an interesting guy at our marina who fixes radar on commercial tow
> boats (don't know why they call them tow boats when they actually push
> barges). I mentioned to him hearing that storing a mast outside in cold
> climates can cause problems with standing rigging when ice gets in the
> connections. His reaction was that ice would expand the swag fittings and
> that could be fixed by recompressing the fitting (not removing it, just
> tightening it).
>
> Does anyone see a problem w/ giving this a try? It seems logical,
but.......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger 148
>
>
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