I was recently thinking of adding a mid-ship cleat to my C&C for just this 
purpose, but did not like the idea of putting it through the deck.  Was 
recently aboard an old S2 that has a slotted toe rail a lot like C&C's.  The 
owner had added a mid-ship cleat with a sideways, U-shaped flanged base (if you 
can imagine it from that description) that was bolted through the toerail.  Had 
never seen a cleat with that kind of base before.  It seemed like a nice 
solution. Graham YoungS/V Spellbound1981 C&C 32 

    On Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:51 PM, Stevan Plavsa via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
 

 Mid ship cleat? What's that?!!
You guys don't actually sail C&Cs, do you?!!
(I use the primary winch as a spring. Not quite "mid ship" but works almost as 
well for snugging up to the dock)
SteveSuhana, C&C 32Toronto


On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

“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-bounces@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.JoeCoquina  
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