Towing is slow, wind and sea combining to make the task difficult and dangerous.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
She had been built for the useful purpose of Towing saw-logs, and was sold cheap when, as the mill she kept supplied grew larger, she proved too small for it.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
He had had long struggles with the engine, Towing it out with him to the ship and working on it while the men loaded the barges.
"Command"
William McFee