[Rhodes22-list] lines - This is for Elle, again

[Bud]

elle,
  sounds like you are ready for a boat lift.

-Bud

elle wrote:

>Hi, Leland,
>
>No, the slip is not narrow....it is a dockside tie-up
>w/ outboard pilings...it's the huge tides we've been
>having. To have enough slack to let it drop on the
>extreme lows yet keep it off the dock on the high has
>been tricky. I settled for letting the boat just bump
>against the dock (got lots of padding on the dock plus
>fenders also) if the strong wind pushed it . Otherwise
>the cinder block on the outboard spring line holds it
>off nicely...
>
>I'd been adjusting the lines on the extremes these
>last few days with the strong winds & tides...thought
>I'd had it...forgot to mark them before we went out
>tonite...now I have to do it   
> .....all.......over.......again...
>
>;^)
>
>
>elle
>
>
>
>--- Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
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>>Elle,
>>
>>I'm no mathematician, so my figurin' may not be drop
>>dead accurate.  Based
>>on the the Rhodes' 8'6" beam, you should get about
>>5% more play if you cross
>>your lines.  If your line from your boat to the dock
>>is 10', you would only
>>lose 6" by not crossing your line.
>>
>>At my marina, boats that can cross their stern lines
>>do, but many don't have
>>a practical means to cross their bow llines.
>>
>>Unless you have a very narrow slip, I wouldn't worry
>>about it.
>>
>>Lee
>>1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>>Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
>>
>>
>>
>>elle wrote:
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>>>Already been there & back, Ed. I decided not to do
>>>      
>>>
>>so
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>>>as my arms do not drag the ground & therefore are
>>>      
>>>
>>not
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>>>long enough unless I hang down over the stern. 
>>>
>>>Not my best side to present to any guests on
>>>      
>>>
>>board...
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>>>But thanks...
>>>
>>>elle
>>>
>>>--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Elle:
>>>>
>>>>You said, "One thing I wish I could do is to
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>>cross
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>>>>the stern lines rather
>>>>than the current arangement..."
>>>>
>>>>Evaluate some of the unique features of the
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>>>>
>>Rhodes
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>>>>22 in your solving this
>>>>issue.  You said Stern lines?  The Rhodes 22 has
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>>>>
>>two
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>>>>large sturdy U-Bolts on
>>>>the outsides of the transom.  Why not use lines
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>>>>
>>with
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>>>>clips to these?  Should
>>>>be low enough to cross?  
>>>>
>>>>Ed K
>>>>Greenville, SC, USA
>>>>Important sailing link: 
>>>>
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>>>>
>http://www.peterbrodie.com/clips/short-clip-janet-feld-summer-breeze.mp3
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>>>We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
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>>can adjust our sails.
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>We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
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