The drum and flanges of a hawser reel should be of skeleton framework construction to allow the air to circulate round the hawser and thus keep it dry.
Umqulu ekusongelwa kuwo ucingo kunye nezangqa zentsimbi ezidibanisa ezinye iintsimbi zebhobhini zentambo ezinkulu kumele zibe sisakhelo sokwakha ukuvumela umoya ukuba ujikeleze yonke intambo enkulu nto leyo ezakuyigcina yomile.