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From: R.M. Czwarno (no email)
Date: Thu Aug 12 2004 - 08:56:47 EDT
Actually,
I took a tip from Slocum (I think that's where I got it)...I single-hand.
My bow and stern lines and springs are 'permanently' in place when
in-shore, and are placed along the lifelines when coming in to dock, with
fenders deployed. My biggest fender is midships (more or less), with a
breast line attached to a midships cleat. I open the lifelines on the dock
side when I deploy the fenders and string the bow, stern and spring lines
and loop the breast line around the stantion by the pelican hooks in the
lifeline.
If the wind is going to push me off the dock and there are helpers...and I
feel I might need them, I pass them the breast line. If I don't need help,
I step onto the dock as the boat sidles up to it, with the breat line in
hand...the breast line is attached with a running clove hitch. After that,
the boat is not going to move much either way...and anyone yarding on any
of the other lines is going to cause minimal swing because the midships
fender will act as a fulcrum, but the swing of the boat will be constained
by both the length of the breast line and the dock. Once the bow, stern and
springs are attached the breast line is removed.
Leaving dock is the reverse...deploy a breast line and untie the bow, stern
and springs, then untie the breast line when you're really ready to
go...with a wind pushing me away from the dock, I untie the breat line ,
but leave a half-loop around whatever it was tied to...take the free end in
hand, push the bow off (still holding the breast line), and pay out the
free end of the breast line until I am ready for auxilliary (or sail power
only) to clear the dock, then sieze the bitter end of the breast line and
pull it in-board quickly so I don't foul the prop with a trailing line.
The breast line is always deployed at right angles to the boat at
midships...and works a treat. I've single-handed docked in quite strong
winds blowing me off the dock (20 kt) with very little effort...you just
have to be quick getting a couple of loops around a dock cleat or mooring
rail. I have occasionally deployed a breast line in strong winds when tied
to a dockas well...just a little extra insurance to keep the boat from
pushing away from the dock as much when lines have to be adjusted for tidal
rise or fall.
Fair winds,
Michael
At 09:45 PM 8/11/2004 -0400, Philip J. Rosch wrote:
>All us single handers simply let the nearest "helping hand" take the loop of
>the mid ship spring line and put it over the bollard. Once it's in place,
>we idle forward helm away from the dock and the boat stays put until the
>rest of the lines are secured.
>
>You always want to tie your boat to the dock, not vice versa, and never rely
>on anyone's ability to cleat a line properly. Handing them a loop to drape
>over a cleat or bollard is much safer.
>
>Lots of boaters learned this lesson the hard way during hurricanes when
>their docks went under water and that's where their dock lines were cleated.
>
>
> Regards....
>
>Phil Rosch
>Old Harbor Consulting
>M/V Curmudgeon MT-44TC
>Currently moored in Nantucket Harbor, MA
>
>
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