May 30, 2019 09:28
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French term

couché

French to English Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping remorqueurs portuaires pour les bâtiments de surface et les sous-marins
Le xxx est capable d'être « couché » sur le bâtiment assisté, c’est-à-dire de se laisser tirer par une bosse, par le bâtiment assisté, à une vitesse allant jusque
4 nds, sans qu'il n'y ait de contact sur des parties non protégées (timonerie, échappements, bittes ou pavois par exemple).
Une marge de 5° est prise en compte pour tenir compte du clapot.

xxx = the tug

Discussion

claude-andrew (asker) Jun 23, 2019:
Final choice I used "being alongside" and , for,"en position couché" "in the alongside position", which the client accepted.
Johannes Gleim Jun 23, 2019:
@ Claude It would be fine to close the question and to inform the community on the chosen term.
Johannes Gleim Jun 23, 2019:
@ Claude Can you please inform us, what translations has been used at the end? It would also be fine to close the question subsequently.
chris collister Jun 1, 2019:
Merci, C-A. On bosse toujours....
claude-andrew (asker) Jun 1, 2019:
@Chris, Johannes Many thanks for these useful observations. Not to mention the pun ...
chris collister May 31, 2019:
Addendum A "bosse" must be related to a "bossoir", which is a hoist or gantry: see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossoir
chris collister May 31, 2019:
@ Claude-Andrew Since "bosse" was not part of the question per se, and wanting to avoid any suspicion of bossiness, I decided not to pursue it; however, I'm definitely with Tony on this one. A tug with a 1000 HP motor is not going to pull something along with a painter. E.g. "Équipements de pont :
- 1 grue Hydramarine HMC - 11 m de longueur de flèche
- 2 cabestans sur le pont arrière de 10 t de traction chacun.
- Treuil de bosse sur pont principal de 20 t de traction
- 2 enrouleurs de pantoires de 4 tourets chacun 2 embarcations de sauvetage"
in http://sauvmer.free.fr/abeille/bourbon.html or
"La remorque, au sortir du treuil est guidée par des rouleaux dont la position est ajustée par des chaînes. Elle coulisse dans une manille ... reliée à la bosse garnie sur un treuil. La bosse permet de régler la position de la remorque par rapport à l'axe." in http://www.marine-marchande.net/Reportages/AbeilleBourbon/A-...
These suggest that whatever it is, it isn't a painter, or even a rope or hawser.
Tony M May 31, 2019:
@ Asker Watch out! although the sense of 'a length of rope' certain makes sense here for 'bosse', do please avoid 'painter', whoch would be wholly inappropriate here — it means a lightweight rope suitable perhaps for mooring a dinghy or other small craft; certainly not a beefy tug-boat!
claude-andrew (asker) May 31, 2019:
@Marco Thanks Marco, painter makes more sense than bollard
Marco Solinas May 31, 2019:
pulled along? In my opinion, the context suggests that the tug can be "pulled along" (se laisser tirer" by the ship ("bâtiment") through a painter ("bosse").
For the meaning of "bosse" as a "painter" (towing line), see record 8 of http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la... .
The fact that there is a maximum speed limit (5 knots) supports this interpretation.
Johannes Gleim May 31, 2019:
@ Chris Thank you for elucidation of context. I was a little bit puzzled about the kind of vessel the "bâtiment" is and supposed a dock associating the "bosse" being part of it. But it may also be a normal ship. And, as English native in French environnment you have more understanding of such nautical terms than me. So I believe you are right.
claude-andrew (asker) May 31, 2019:
Thanks Chris & Johannes. "Alongside" is what I've used.
chris collister May 31, 2019:
@Johannes "Bâtiment" is frequently and routinely used to mean a ship or vessel, especially in a naval context. I suspect that the "bosse" is a bollard fixed to the vessel, though it could be a capstan. "Couché" may be taken to mean "lying alongside".

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towing winches, resp. bollards

Some details about « treuils de bosse » or « bosses »

La bosse est une petite longueur de cordage (mais aussi de chaîne) dont une extrémité est fixée au pied d'une bitte d'amarrage.
Elle sert à retenir momentanément une aussière qui a déjà été virée au treuil le temps nécessaire pour la tourner sur la bitte.
• Cette action s'appelle bosser l'aussière, elle consiste à enrouler plusieurs fois la bosse autour d'elle-même et de l'aussière et de maintenir la tension.
• La bosse en chaîne a la même utilité mais sert à bosser les amarres en câble d'acier.
• On appelle également bosse un cordage frappé à l'avant d'un navire et utilisé pour amarrer un canot ou une annexe le long du bord. On utilise les termes bosse avant et bosse arrière.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosse_(maritime)

Mooring bollards, such as this one in the Hudson River in September 2005, were the first type of bollard: the use of the term has since expanded.
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In the maritime contexts in which the term originates, a bollard is either a wooden or iron post found as a deck-fitting on a ship or boat, and used to secure ropes for towing, mooring and other purposes; or its counterpart on land, a short wooden, iron or stone post on a quayside to which craft can be moored. The Sailor's Word-Book of 1867 defines a bollard in a more specific context as "a thick piece of wood on the head of a whale-boat, round which the harpooner gives the line a turn, in order to veer it steadily, and check the animal's velocity".[1][6]
Mooring bollards are seldom exactly cylindrical, but typically have a larger diameter near the top to discourage mooring warps (docklines) from coming loose. Single bollards sometimes include a cross rod to allow the mooring lines to be bent into a figure eight. Small mushroom-bollards are found on lock approaches for advancing boats waiting for lock access.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard

Il est gréé d'un seul treuil de bosse placé entre le tiers arrière et le milieu du navire. Ses superstructures sont situées à l'avant. Le remorquage ne peut se faire que croché par l’arrière ; d’est la raison pour laquelle de grands précautions doivent être prises lors du travail ave ces remorqueurs.
En effet, le point d’application de la force de remorquage se situe au niveau du treuil de remorque ; celui de la force de traction du remorqueur se situe au niveau de l’hélice : ceci drée un couple de forces, qui tend à placer le remorqueur « en travers » de la trajectoire générale du convoi. Dès lors, si la vitesse longitudinale de celui-ci est importante, le remorqueur prend de la gîte et peu, si aucune action n’est entreprise, chavirer (figure 7). Si une telle situation se présente, la seule action possible pour le remorqueur est de larguer sa remorque en grand au moyen d’un système de largage à distance. Le navire doit quant à lui stopper au plus vite.
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd...
(fin de l’article, malheureusement)

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