Okay, So What's the Difference between a Rope and a Line?

[BosnBill]

What is a rope? What is a line? What is the difference? Many boaters think that these two words are interchangeable--that a rope is a line and a line is a rope. This is not true.

Rope is unemployed cordage. In other words, when it is in a coil and has not been assigned a job, it is just a rope.

On the other hand, when you prepare a rope for a specific task, it becomes employed and is a line. The line is labeled by the job it performs; for example, anchor line, dock line, fender line, etc.

(Boating with the Daltons)

 

[Chris]

Interesting.

Just reading the title, I thought the answer might have been that one was solid (cord) and one was various strands that were wound together (line).

-Chris

 

[nathan]

the price

 

[mosi]

A ROPE is what I use if SHE falls for one of my lame LINES!!!!

 

[Cooperider]

A ROPE is what I use if SHE falls for one of my lame LINES!!!!

I was just thinking, MOSI knows the answer.