If your spring line is properly/strategically located mid-ship, in some
cases/boats it works best a bit aft from midship of the boat with enough
forward motion to keep the boat balanced when it slides in against the
pier.
James you are correct, if the spring line is where it works best
(sometimes trial and error at the dock with the engine in forward idles
gear, first, you can find the 'sweet sport where she just lays up
against the pier/fenders), leave the boat in forward idle and/or what I
do is always approach at 2 knts or less, turn the wheel to bring my
starboard gate and stern to the pier and step off.
As soon as I drop my 'snubber spring line' on the aft end pier cleat
drawing the boat into the slip because of its forward motion, I have my
stern line hanging over the top life line which I just take and drop
over the top of the snubber spring line (I'll remove that later) after I
attach, depending on the conditions, maybe my bow line next, maybe a
spring line, depends on what is happening to the boat. As I said
earlier, I take both my stern line and bow lines with me, the bow line
is I think 20 feet, and when I leave the dock I bring it back to my SS
toe rail cleat and tie it to it where it stays outside the stantions on
the toe rail.....very handy when grab on the pier ....you have a lot of
control of your boat.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2018-08-02 1:07 PM, James Bibb via CnC-List wrote:
Leave the engine in forward hard over. That will counter the spring
line pulling the stern in. It’s similar to heaving to at sea.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 2, 2018, at 7:47 AM, Jeremy Ralph via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
I use the midship SS toe rail cleat without issue.
With just a spring line decelerating the boat, how do you stop the
bow from swinging into the finger and the stern from swinging out?
This is the reason I have a stern/spring line combo for my setup.
Tightening the stern line from the cockpit (or dock) once the spring
is loaded stops that.
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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 09:36:58 -0300
Subject: Stus-List Docking seamanship
Dennis:
One guy at our club single hands his J120 regularly.....he installed
a deck cleat about mid ship....he approaches the finger pier at
approx. 1 to 2 knts, steps off the boat as the starboard gate meets
the pier, picks up his spring line which has a 'snubber' and attaches
to the mid ship cleat....if he wind is strong to blow him off the
pier, he leaves the engine in gear at idle speed and the boat just
lays up against the pier. Like you, he has little room for forward
movement once the spring line is attached. The big Nonsuch 36 next to
me does the same thing.
Another member has a 'line catcher' at the end of his pier where he
hangs his spring line when he leaves. On approach, he either
reaches out or uses a pole to grab the spring line and attaches to
his mid ship deck cleat....once attached and the boat comes to a stop
leaving the engine in gear at idle speed, he gets off the boat and
attaches his lines. He doesn't step off his boat to attach the
spring line as there is too much freeboard and he is not comfortable
making a jump to the pier from that height.....it's a big boat,
centre cockpit and no one is going to 'man handle' it the way we can
with our C&C's
My method, earlier described, is similar however I use my main winch
because I don't have a mid ship deck cleat.....I have one of those SS
toe rail cleats which I don't think was designed to stop the forward
movement of the boat, at least I am not going to experiment to find out.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32-84
Halifax, N.S.
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