The synthetic mooring ropes of a cruise liner around a bollard creak under the strain as the ship moves. The ship's gangplank groans in the background as it rubs against the paving of the quayside.
Sound of a large, long, mooring rope fastened to a large cleat, holding a ferry boat at a dock on san francisco bay. Recorded with a sony mz-rh1 mini disc and unmodified panasonic wm-61 electret condenser microphone capsules.