Hi John, Please send me a picture of your boat in the slip and I might have some ideas on how to rig springs.
> On June 27, 2018 at 5:13 PM John Conklin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > simply because of my docking situation i have only 1 half finger pier and > 3 pilings one side and 4 other with 1/2 pier. so no place to put spring lines > that function tohold boat from goong fore and aft. And no place no room > for 2 lines on bow or stern cleats even if I could go that route > This rookie is still working out details as to what works best > > JohnC > s/v halcyon > > On Jun 27, 2018, at 10:59 AM, Rick Brass via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > > > > I’ve actually been following this discussion, though I don’t > > foresee the need for a mid-ship cleat on Imzadi. > > > > > > > > Imzadi is one of the mid-70s C&Cs that came with a winch farm > > around the mast. I’ve led lines aft and eliminated the winches, but kept > > the cleats on the cabin top. The spring lines in my home slip are attached > > high on pilings so they can be routed over the lifelines and to the cabin > > top mid-ship cleats. Since I leave a set of lines permanently attached at > > the home slip, and they are preset for length with the eye toward the boat, > > this makes entering the slip and tying up pretty easy. > > > > > > > > On the bigger boats I’ve worked on (up to about 85 feet or so) and > > observed, the normal procedure is to run the springs from the bow and stern > > and attach them to the dock in the middle. That is the practice I almost > > always use when on a dock other than my home slip. And that is the way my > > 25 is secured in her slip. > > > > > > > > On the 72 foot schooner I used to captain, we had prerigged bow and > > bow spring through the forward hawse hole, and prerigged stern and aft > > spring lines through the aft hole. We did have a short-ish (25 ft. or so) > > breast line through a mid-ship hawse, but that line was always the first > > line to the dock so I could use the engine fore and aft to snug the boat up > > to the dock before setting dock lines, and it was removed and coiled after > > the other lines were secure. > > > > > > > > I guess I’m curious why so many other C&Cers have added mid-ship > > cleats? > > > > > > > > > > > > Rick Brass > > > > Imzadi C&C 38 mk2 #47 > > > > la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 #225 > > > > Washington, NC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. > > Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- > > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4d84cfd47e0e4d1e8ce708d5dc573842%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636657189512553038&sdata=6YUwyWDmZFrfMumgjCHupSWt1h9QjNVN4veGM0oOnvg%3D&reserved=0 > > > > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4d84cfd47e0e4d1e8ce708d5dc573842%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636657189512553038&sdata=6YUwyWDmZFrfMumgjCHupSWt1h9QjNVN4veGM0oOnvg%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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