... the increase in the velocity of water is considered in relation to thepressure under the hull form, a reduction of pressure will be experienced,causing the ship to settle deeper in the water. ... this eases the weight on thetowline and allows the ship’s personnel to slip the tow. However, inan emergency, if the eye had been secured over the bitts, the ship’spersonnel would not have been ... practice to secure the eye of atug’s wire over the vessel’s bitts. The control of the station is thenpassed to the tug, and the ship becomes dependent on the tug’sMaster to come astern. Effectively...