Kedge-haul sailing vessels

[Pitcairner]

Hi All,

While I was reading an article about the "Foyboat" (a particular and smaller kind of tug boat) I was unable to understand the meaning of below underlined quote:

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Throughout the age of sail their main task, undertaken for an agreed fee (foy), was to tow or kedge-haul sailing vessels in and out of the river estuaries during periods of calm or contrary winds.

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For your reference, I extrapolated this sentence from the offical website of the National Maritime Museum of Cornwall.

What does "kedge-haul" mean ? How can we say the above highligthed phrase in other words ?

Many thanks as usual for your precious assistance

 

[JulianStuart]

It sounds like the writer felt that "kedging" might not be understood, or used "kedge" as the noun and created a new form based on that. The WRF Collins dictionary is "BE-centric" and has this entry

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kedge/kɛdʒ/
vb ...to draw (a vessel) along by hauling in on the cable of a light anchor that has been dropped at some distance from it, or (of a vessel) to be drawn in this fashion
n ... a light anchor, used esp for kedging

 

[GreenWhiteBlue]

Have you looked in a dictionary? Here is Merriam-Webster on the word kedge:

v. i.	1.	(Naut.) To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
n.	1.	(Naut.) A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed with. See Kedge, v. t., and Anchor, n.

The action is also known as warping, and you may read more here:
Warping (sailing) - Wikipedia

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[Pitcairner]

Hi GreenWhiteBlue,

Your intervention really helped me, many thanks.

I also found a video that briefly explains this operation that before I was struggling to graphically image only by reading its dictionary definition.

[Video link removed. DonnyB - moderator]

 

[Andygc]

Usually:
Kedging - using a rope attached to a kedge.
Warping - using a rope attached to a fixed point ashore or to a fixed structure in the water.

While I was reading an article about the "Foyboat"

Source: River Tyne foyboat "Ethel" – BAE0079 | National Maritime Museum Cornwall