"Heaving the Line"

A proper heaving line has a "monkey's fist" (a weighted rope globe) spliced to its end.  The line is coiled
and devided into into two sections.  The section with the monkey's fist is heaved as you would throw a
discus and the second section feeds from your other hand.  Since half of the line is made
airborn in this manner, it carries a great distance.  I can always spot a deckhand who doesn't know
his job when he picks up the monkey's fist and tries to throw it like a baseball - to dismal results.

30x24in  2004  acrylic on canvas