[Rhodes22-list] sailing: dock lines

[Leland]

Joe,

See attached link, all three pages.

http://powerboat.about.com/od/seamanship/l/aa030203a.htm
http://powerboat.about.com/od/seamanship/l/aa030203a.htm 

Hank makes a good point.  My bow cleat is large enough to barely handle two
1/2" lines, but some recycled Rhodes have smaller cleats.  Might want to
check out the size with Stan.  I noticed that his new boats now have two bow
cleats.

I disagree with the attached article in that it recommends a 1/2" line for
boats over 20', especially since it states that a 3/8" line breaks at 4,000
lbs.  According to that, you could hang one of our Rhodes in the air from a
single 3/8" line.  In the water I don't think you'd get more than a 200 lb.
tug on a line on our boats in a hurricane.

I have both the expensive West Marine braided nylon lines and the cheap
K-Mart poly lines.  Both work but the thing I like most about the nylon is
that it doesn't slip as much on the cleat, so you don't need to put as much
effort into pulling the line tight.

The other downside to a poly line is that it will make you look cheap
because everyone else uses nylon lines.

The downside to a 3/8" line is that it will make you look wimpy because
everyone else uses 1/2" lines or bigger.

I actually am cheap and am under the allusion that size doesn't matter.

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent Island, MD



Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> Joe,
> 
> I originally bought 1/2" line for my boat and I now realize that is too
> big,
> especially for the front where both sides have to go to one cleat.  The
> next
> time I go to west marine I plan to pick up some 3/8" lines.  The length is
> all dependent on your particular situation.  If you are trailering I would
> at a minimum have some of the 25' lenghts and you might want a couple of
> 35'
> for "just in case" situations.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Hank
> 
> 
> On 4/9/08, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> We'll be picking up our recycled Rhodes soon and plan to go sailing on
>> Albemarle Sound for a few days.  I've got most everything we need for
>> the boat I think except for dock lines.  I'm imagining we'll end up
>> spending a couple of nights tied up at some transient dock somewhere.
>> It's probably a dumb question, but what size/lengths/type of dock lines
>> do you folks use for the
>> Rhodes 22?
>> Thanks,
>> Joe
>>
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