Hi Lee,
I've been teaching that for years! We call it the "Magic
Spring Line".
Gary
S/V Kaylarah
'90 C&C 37+
East Greenwich, RI, USA
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On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:41 AM, Lee Youngblood via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Hi Tom & Graham, & all,
>
> Seems to me you don’t really need that clever midship cleat unless you are
> rafting up and not tying off on a shroud base. We just drop a bowline over
> the winch, make a couple loops around the first dock cleat and the boat
> parallel parks beautifully. if you have any kind of headwind or current
> leave the boat in gear or balance with power. Check it out at the dock
> before you leave next time. You will likely find the winch will hold your
> boat to the dock better than a midship line, plus it will allow you to stop
> the boat, before the bow hits the dock - if you get it secured to the first
> cleat. Hand holding the line, falling over kayaks on the dock, etc don’t
> work.
>
> One-line docking is so easy, you can walk around, fix a bow line, forward
> spring, stern line, whatever and then kill the engine. I’m a broker,
> scared and respectful of others pricey boats, and often have to move boats
> that I really don’t know. Docking with one line is such a good trick, I’m
> surprised they don’t teach it, I always do.
>
> Now spinning the unknown boat, backing into the slings, and then
> discovering they want you to remove the backstay and toping lift, to be
> able to haul the boat. Well that’s another story. . .
>
> Cheers, Lee
>
>
> On Oct 27, 2016, at 7:22 PM, Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
> Graham
>
> Like this? http://www.fisheriessupply.com/johnson-
> marine-toe-rail-folding-cleat-48-510
>
> Tom Buscaglia
> S/V Alera
> 1990 C&C 37+/40
> Vashon WA
> P 206.463.9200
> C 305.409.3660
>
>
> On Oct 27, 2016, at 7:26 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 01:18:07 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Graham Young <grahamyoung...@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Boat Handling Skill
> Message-ID: <1892052474.252786.1477617487...@mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> 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
>
>
>
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