| In an action against the tug owners, there was a plea of contributory negligence in failing to cast off the towline when danger was imminent. |
| One end of this bridle is connected to the release and it then unthreads from a ring on the towline upon release actuation. |
| So he seizes a towline and starts pulling them across the estuary to their dock, a half-mile away. |
| In this old version, one can imagine release problems if the towline is angled downward. |
| Earth, for instance, is not holding onto an orbiting satellite with some phantom towline. |
| Instead of more horsepower, we decided to clean up our act on the other end of the towline. |
