[Rhodes22-list] Docking Issues

Wed May 30 11:13:48 EDT 2012

I printed Capt. Klang's manual.  Great stuff.  This will really help.

Thanks!

Ron

Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> Cleats? You have cleats at your dock? Lucky you. Our new marina has 
> only pilings - maybe because they only take transients as guests of 
> other boaters. I miss the cleats but we've encountered this before on 
> the Chesapeake and have managed. We have spring lines and "cheater" 
> lines (lines between the pilings) set up at our home dock and carry 
> lots of extra lines (and fenders) of various lengths when we go cruising.
> 
> The suggestion to learn how to move your boat around the dock using 
> lines is so true. Every situation is different and we are always 
> still learning.
> 
> Just discovered that jack Klang's manual is available on the 
> Internet. He does demos at boat shows with short pieces of wood as 
> boats, docks and pilings and string as docklines.
> Here's the link:
> http://www.fsc.com.au/cproot/442/3/DockingManeuvering.pdf
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall MD
> 
> At 08:35 AM 5/30/2012, you wrote:
> 
>>Ron,Get as close to the dock as you can and use an extendable boat 
>>pole to grab a cleat and pull yourself closer.BK
>>  > Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 10:49:20 -0700
>> > From: hmcheung57 at gmail.com
>> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Docking Issues
>> >
>> >
>> > Ron,
>> >
>> > Docking in windy conditions is challenging, no doubt about it.  Oddly,
>> > success in fairly high wind depends on suppressing your natural impulse
>> to
>> > take it as slow as possible.  I suggest you practice this out in the
>> open
>> > someplace, but approaching the slip at a high enough speed to maintain
>> > control is essential; as is being able to get the motor into reverse to
>> > bring the boat to a stop alongside your dock.  Also, determine 
>> which line is
>> > the most essential to get tied on first.  On our boat with our slip
>> > arrangement it is the dock side stern line.  Once this is on 
>> everything else
>> > can be handled with more leisure.  For good or ill that line is 
>> right behind
>> > the helmsman (usually me).  So in moderate winds I focus on 
>> getting Muireann
>> > in position for me to get ahold of that line off our dock and 
>> securing it to
>> > the cleat behind me.
>> >
>> > In worse winds, another thing to bear in mind is that if its really
>> windy
>> > don't be too proud to ask for help from folks ashore.  Keep some 
>> longish (25
>> > ft or so) dock lines on board; two should be plenty.  And be ready to
>> toss
>> > these to folks on your dock to help pull/guide you in.  Even with just
>> one
>> > other crew member, a long dock line can be handy as with a strong wind
>> it's
>> > easiest to bring the widest part of the boat (or just forward of it) to
>> the
>> > dock and have your crew step off with either one or two long dock 
>> lines.  If
>> > one, it's usually the forward dock line and you can back against it
>> once
>> > it's cleated to swing the stern back to the dock if the wind is blowing
>> you
>> > off.  Having a crew step ashore with a line in hand (cleated to the
>> boat
>> > already of course) may be easier than that same crew fishing for the
>> dock
>> > tied line with a boat hook.
>> >
>> > Lastly, don't be afraid to back away from the dock and set up to try
>> again
>> > if the approach isn't going well.
>> >
>> > Hope this helps!  I'm sure others will have ideas as well.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > butterchurn wrote:
>> > >
>> > > As a new boat owner I am having docking isues in wind.  I would like
>> some
>> > > suggestions concerning what steps to take in order to learn to 
>> do a better
>> > > job of it.  This weekend at Lake Erie it was quite windy.  We wanted
>> to
>> > > sail but when we tried to untie from our slip the wind was so strong
>> we
>> > > couldn't control the boat.  The wind was trying to blow the 
>> boat away from
>> > > us.  Our slip is has the wind blowing our port side away from the
>> dock
>> > > instead of into the dock.  Perhaps we were trying to go out in too
>> windy
>> > > conditions.  We saw other sailboats out though they were at least 26
>> > > footers.
>> > >
>> > > We don't want to use our Rhodes as a floating cabin, we got the boat
>> to
>> > > sail it.
>> > >
>> > > Anything you might suggest that might help us to get up to speed with
>> our
>> > > skills?  Now once away from the dock I can sail no problem.  I just
>> need
>> > > to get out and in.
>> > >
>> > > Sometimes I feel dumb asking these questions, but I guess I 
>> can't learn if
>> > > I don't ask.
>> > >
>> > > Ron
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----
>> > Mike Cheung
>> > s/v Muireann 1993/2008 Rhodes 22
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