[Rhodes22-list] All tied up

[Mary Lou Troy]

Dave,
Did you add mid-ship cleats to your boat? Most 
R22s don't have them. Where are they located?

Does anyone else have mid-ship cleats?

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 01:10 AM 6/9/2010, you wrote:
>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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