CABLE PULLING DRUM HAVING WAVE MOTION RESPONSIVE ACTUATOR FOROPERATING DRIVE OR ROTATION RETARDING MEANS:
Apparatus for pulling on a load hauling cable including a drum either mounted on a floating structure or attached to a floating load, and an actuator responsive to the motion of the fluid on which the structure or load floats for either operating (a) a drive for the drum, or (b) means which retards the rotation of the drum.