Mar 23, 2022 12:36
2 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United Kingdom
a la tira
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
I'm translating a ship's log and after "security and protection round", it says
"Continuamos a la tira con la barcaza XXX al pairo en cercanias del fondeadero XXX"
I'm thinking it means "towing" but are they towing or being towed? Then I found this definition for 'tira' and it confused me even more!
Tira:
5. f. Mar. Parte de un cabo que pasando por un motón se extiende horizontalmente de modo que se agarren de ella los marineros para halar.
https://dle.rae.es/tira
Thank you in advance
"Continuamos a la tira con la barcaza XXX al pairo en cercanias del fondeadero XXX"
I'm thinking it means "towing" but are they towing or being towed? Then I found this definition for 'tira' and it confused me even more!
Tira:
5. f. Mar. Parte de un cabo que pasando por un motón se extiende horizontalmente de modo que se agarren de ella los marineros para halar.
https://dle.rae.es/tira
Thank you in advance
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S. Kathryn Jiménez Boyd
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S. Kathryn Jiménez Boyd
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I asked the original poster privately for the rest of the context to protect confidentiality. The name of the barcaza (which turns out to be a huge lifting double barge used for clearing shipwrecks and debris) gave me the hint I needed to know that it was being towed. There's even an article about how it broke off from its towline. This ship's log is for the vessel towing the barge. Thus, "a la tira" here means "towing".
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Comment: "Thank you so much!"
Discussion
The log is not for the barge but I don't see why another ship will be towing a barge... I'm not sure what kind of ship it is; the name starts with "B/R", which I haven't been able to find anywhere apart from in the name of the boat...maybe I'm not searching properly. As this is not my field of expertise, I'll be happy with any help I'm given. Could "barcaza" mean tug boat? That would make more sense but I have not found this anywhere either...
Thanks again
If it's a "barcaza", a barge, it will be the passive object, being towed or pushed by a tugboat. But then the sentence is strange because "a la tira" indicates movement, but for a boat to be "al pairo" (lying to), it means it's not moving:
http://www.salvamentomaritimo.es/sala-de-comunicacion/blog/e...
https://www.nautinst.org/resources-page/200737-tow-set-on-to...
My guess is that the log is not for the barge, but rather a different kind of ship (or another barge), and as part of the safety log, it's saying that this barge is lying to near XXX.
I definitely think "a la tira" is towing: see article 598 (pg 132) on this document:
https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/regley/Reg_LNCM_040...
If it's another barge, it's being towed. The answer is somewhere in the rest of your context. Type of boat, is there any mention of it breaking down, any mention of "remolcar", etc.