The skiff was a small boat that was usually towed by a vessel. A ship carried cables that could be passed around the hull to undergird it and spare it strain caused by the working of the mast during storms.
( २७: १७) इन नाविकों ने चार लंगर उतार दिए और पतवार डाँडों, या चप्पुओं की रस्सियाँ खोल दीं, जो जहाज़ चलाने के लिए इस्तेमाल किए जाते थे ।