PS: You can always find snubbers cheap at swap meets if the owner threaded them wrong. He will say they don't work but simply buy them cheap and re-thread them.
Phil -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Plotner Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Dock line size? Phil, Could you possibly provide a diagram of what you're describing? It sounds like a good approach, but I just can't completely picture it. Thanks, Doug Plotner #6494 Dawg Daze -----Original Message----- >From: Phil Agur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 23, 2006 1:44 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Dock line size? > >I actually prefer 3/8" 3-strand lines however I tie 8 connections to the >boat. > > > >I use 4ea 35 ft spliced dock lines and feed the bitter end of each through a >rubber snubber until the snubber is near the eye. Each eye goes on a deck >cleat then loosely down to the nearest dock cleat. The tail of each then >becomes a spring line to position the boat fore aft in the slip. > > > >Since spring lines never see a shock load then can handle more boat than you >would expect. The use of snubbers prevents any shock load on the bow and >stern lines. > > > >I've never used braided dock lines since they can transmit far too much >load. I want stretchy line keeping her in position not low stretch doing >damage. A good friend (a racer) always tries to recycle his low stretch >lines like old halyards as dock lines but he's repairing cleats almost every >year. > > > >Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip > >Commodore, Call Sign WCW3485 > >IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 > >www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Calleran >Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:58 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: catalina27-talk: Dock line size? > > > > >Here's one I haven't seen before. Anyone use 3/8" nylon 3-strand for dock >lines? Would these be adequate while the boat is nestled in the bosom of a >32x12 foot slip? > >One of the popular rope manufacturer's website calculates 7/16" when I put >in the weight and length of the C17. That's hard to find in "made up" dock >lines, so, I've been using 1/2 inch. The reason for my interest in the >smaller line is that 1/2" line really fills up the cleats; the 3/8" line >would sit well inside the horns of the cleats. > >Thanks for your thoughts. > >Jim Calleran, BayBird, C27 #2784 >Mathews Yacht Club, VA > > _____ > >Celebrate Earth Day everyday! Discover 10 things you can do to help slow >climate change. Yahoo! ><http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/earthday/*http:/earth.yahoo.com> >Earth Day >
