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

[elle]

Bud,

Why? Wouldn't the lift be in the way?

elle

--- Bud <budconnor at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>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:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Already been there & back, Ed. I decided not to
> do
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>so
> >>    
> >>
> >>>as my arms do not drag the ground & therefore are
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>not
> >>    
> >>
> >>>long enough unless I hang down over the stern. 
> >>>
> >>>Not my best side to present to any guests on
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>board...
> >>    
> >>
> >>>But thanks...
> >>>
> >>>elle
> >>>
> >>>--- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Elle:
> >>>>
> >>>>You said, "One thing I wish I could do is to
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>cross
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>the stern lines rather
> >>>>than the current arangement..."
> >>>>
> >>>>Evaluate some of the unique features of the
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>Rhodes
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>22 in your solving this
> >>>>issue.  You said Stern lines?  The Rhodes 22 has
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>two
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>large sturdy U-Bolts on
> >>>>the outsides of the transom.  Why not use lines
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>with
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>clips to these?  Should
> >>>>be low enough to cross?  
> >>>>
> >>>>Ed K
> >>>>Greenville, SC, USA
> >>>>Important sailing link: 
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
>
>http://www.peterbrodie.com/clips/short-clip-janet-feld-summer-breeze.mp3
> >  
> >
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> >  
> >
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