# Able Seaman's weapon

**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/able-seamans-weapon/57148
**Category:** Scuttlebutt
**Created:** [October 18, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/able-seamans-weapon/57148 "2020-10-18T16:52:16Z")
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### Author: ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/able-seamans-weapon/57148/12 "2020-10-24T12:57:21Z")

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There was a thread here a while back. We decided to get rid of our monkey fists and replace with sand-filled canvas ones. They work better.

> [@Heaving Line - With or Without Monkey's Fist?](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/heaving-line-with-or-without-monkeys-fist/15124):
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> Working on getting into the industry and have been reading various books. I was recently reading Tugs, Towboats, and Towing and it stated the dangers of a monkey’s fist on a heaving line. It then went on about wetting the line, making coils, etc. Is the monkey’s fist a necessity for a heaving line, or does the usage of it vary between ships?

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