Been looking for a suitable illustration of a tier. Will keep trying. In the meantime a very good illustration can be gained by going to Google and typing in Starvation Buoys at Greenwich. This shows dozens of unemployed sailing barges on tiers in the 1930s. Being smaller vessels they are only moored fwd whereas large vessels would have fore and aft moorings. Nonetheless it illustrates very well the danger of falling down on the tier in a small vessel and the very high risk of death due to the current driving them on. Rgds -- /Andy Adams/

Thanks for that. I got over a dozen responses but down the list is the Museum of London entry, and there is a very nice photo. Thanks Andy, On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Andy Adams via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Been looking for a suitable illustration of a tier. Will keep trying. In > the meantime a very good illustration can be gained by going to Google > and typing in Starvation Buoys at Greenwich. This shows dozens of > unemployed sailing barges on tiers in the 1930s. Being smaller vessels > they are only moored fwd whereas large vessels would have fore and aft > moorings. Nonetheless it illustrates very well the danger of falling > down on the tier in a small vessel and the very high risk of death due > to the current driving them on. > > Rgds > -- > /Andy Adams/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >