“Short spring from amidships” is more properly called a breast line. And that is ALWAYS the first line over when I bring the 72’ schooner I captain into a dock (or a slip).
The fact that you know and use the process indicates to me that you are a competent skipper, Joe. I am often amused – and occasionally terrified – to watch the captains – even experienced captains of larger boats – who just seem to insist on approaching the dock from 45 to 90 degrees, and then getting a bow line over. I’ve tried to explain the process to I-don’t-know-how-many small boat skippers over the past 4 years, but they just don’t seem to grasp that once the breast line is attached to the dock (or a piling), you can use power to pull the boat snug to the dock and set fore and aft springs to position the boat, and power against the springs to pull the bow and stern in against any combination of wind and current. Rick Brass From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 4:52 PM To: 'cnc-list@cnc-list.com' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> Subject: Re: Stus-List Boat Handling Skill Use a short spring from amidships. You can hold the boat on with forward or reverse as needed. I use this with great effect when parallel parking singlehanded. Joe Coquina
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