All of this docking discussion is distracting me from my office work! I had the most wonderful sail last night for our club’s Wednesday “get out the boat” outing.
> On Aug 2, 2018, at 10:59 AM, robert <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > 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. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: robert <robertabb...@eastlink.ca <mailto:robertabb...@eastlink.ca>> >>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>> Cc: >>> Bcc: >>> 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. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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 >>> <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> >> >
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