[Rhodes22-list] All tied up

[David Bradley]

Joe, sorry, you did ask that question.  In addition to what others
have written...

3/8" line is fine but I switched to 1/2" and feel more manly for it.
Also like the braided nylon lines 'cause their softer.  -)

I have lines fixed to the dock (also have a floating dock), short
lines perpendicular from the dock cleats to the fore and aft boat
cleats.  And two spring lines from fore and aft dock cleats to center
side boat cleat.  Fore and aft lines keep the boat positioned close to
dock, and spring lines keep the boat centered lengthwise.  This set up
works well in particular if the waves hit the bow or stern, so the
spring lines have a lttle give.  Hefty fenders between dock and boat a
must.  If you're at a permanant dock, you might want to invest in
fenders mounted on the dock.

Dave


On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dave:
> Thanks for the reply. I was more concerned with the actual mechanics of tying up the boat: how many & what type of lines, where to tie off, how close to the dock?
> Joe
>
> --- On Tue, 6/8/10, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] All tied up
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 7:35 PM
>
> Joe, in a word, slowly.
>
> It's important to put your motor in neutral and lose all you headway.
> Then nudge the boat in with short, easy pulses of forward or backward
> power. One of those things I learned after a couple of nail biters.
>
> I have a tight marina and am glad to have the rudder linked to the
> motor with Stan's ingenious steering option.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 6/8/10, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Friends:
>>      I will not have my boat until the end of July, but no sense in letting
>> this question go:  I have never tied up at a slip before.  Mine will be on a
>> lake, in a protected marina and is a floating dock.  Please give me some
>> advice on the best way to accomplish this seemingly mundane task.  Poem
>> follows.
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>      Me
>>
>>                                                             JJ Camp
>>
>> “I wish that Michael
>>
>> wasn’t dead,” she said to me
>>
>> on a day after he was gone.
>>
>> “Something’s wrong!
>>
>> I love—
>>
>> I loved him Dad,
>>
>> but I can’t cry.
>>
>> So tell me why
>>
>> I even said
>>
>> I was his friend,
>>
>> if I can’t cry.”
>>
>>
>>
>> “And would you cry—
>>
>> Dad—
>>
>> you know—
>>
>> if it was me
>>
>> instead of Mike?”                                    1993
>>
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