DredgeBoy got some new throttles to jockey, bigger ones. While checking out the boat I found about a three foot piece of 3/4" transport chain with a heaving line tied to it on top of the wheelhouse… The engineer said it was an “Orlof indicator”. Any one dare to guess? (Hint, the boat had been offshore)
[QUOTE=DredgeBoyThrottleJocky;117281]Yeah, me too… The chains for a Payout alarm on the tow wire, makes a helluva racket when it rattles down on deck…[/QUOTE]
Yeah works great until the captain sounds the general alarm at 1am because the bbq blew over and he thought the tow was running away.