[Rhodes22-list] All tied up

[Joe Camp]

Ben:
On poets: Pinskey is without rival (except, of course, for me). Springsteen, though he is a bit one-dimensional, even predictable, uses great "blue collar" imagery that depicts the middle-American struggle of growing up confused and unsure of the future.  His go-to theme of "the road" is classic American Modernism. The road out, the road away, the road to dreams, the road as escape from...and the road forward, boldly into the unknown. He is as American as Walt Whitman.  
On the docking matter:  I like your advice, which seems logical in my unschooled thinking process on boating.  On my floating finger dock, shared with a neighbor on one side, how tightly should I tie up?  Should I pull the boat tight to the fenders or leave a space to move?Muchas gracias. mi amigo.
Joe 

--- On Tue, 6/8/10, BenCittadino <bencittadino at gmail.com> wrote:

From: BenCittadino <bencittadino at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] All tied up
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 8:53 PM


Joe,

If you meant "How do I approach the dock?" David has it covered (under
power). If you get a good primer like "Sailing Fundamentals" by Jobson or
"Basic Keelboat" from US Sailing they have great instructions for
approaching under sail.

If you meant, "What is the best way to attach the boat to the dock?" my vote
is to use 1/2 inch lines. Use at least 4, and moor "side to" if you can
(better for loading and unloading). Check out the Grog's Knots web site and
learn to tie a bowline. If you can't moor "side to" I prefer to moor "bow
on" (harder to board, but protects the engine). 

You're in fat city with a floating dock as you won't have to worry about
rising and falling lake levels. 

Nice poem. Did I tell you I grew up only a few miles from the childhood
homes of the two greatest poets of our generation? Robert Pinsky and Bruce
Springsteen. Pinsky was from my home town of Long Branch, NJ and Springsteen
is from Freehold, NJ.

Enjoy the boat. 

BenC
s/v Susan Kay

 

Joe Camp 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
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>      Me
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>                                                             JJ Camp
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> “I wish that Michael 
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> wasn’t dead,” she said to me
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> on a day after he was gone.
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> “Something’s wrong!
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> I love—
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> I loved him Dad,
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> So tell me why
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> I even said
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> “And would you cry—
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> Dad—
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> you know—
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> if it was me
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> instead of Mike?”                                    1993
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