I have used this method with success at my slip where I have lots of current and I am also on the down stream side of my slip. For a mid ship line, I just use a carabiner to attach a line to the toe rail. I just use a pole to loop the line on the back cleat and then just comfortably go back to the helm until the boat is nice a steady and then just step off and attach my lines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-KCVmrwMA&t=531s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v-KCVmrwMA&t=531s> Donald still no name…… Louisville, KY > On Aug 2, 2018, at 11:47 AM, Jeremy Ralph via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I use the midship SS toe rail cleat without issue. > > With just a spring line decelerating the boat, how do you stop the bow from > swinging into the finger and the stern from swinging out? This is the reason > I have a stern/spring line combo for my setup. Tightening the stern line > from the cockpit (or dock) once the spring is loaded stops that. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: robert <robertabb...@eastlink.ca <mailto:robertabb...@eastlink.ca>> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 09:36:58 -0300 > Subject: Stus-List Docking seamanship > Dennis: > > One guy at our club single hands his J120 regularly.....he installed a deck > cleat about mid ship....he approaches the finger pier at approx. 1 to 2 knts, > steps off the boat as the starboard gate meets the pier, picks up his spring > line which has a 'snubber' and attaches to the mid ship cleat....if he wind > is strong to blow him off the pier, he leaves the engine in gear at idle > speed and the boat just lays up against the pier. Like you, he has little > room for forward movement once the spring line is attached. The big > Nonsuch 36 next to me does the same thing. > > Another member has a 'line catcher' at the end of his pier where he hangs his > spring line when he leaves. On approach, he either reaches out or uses a > pole to grab the spring line and attaches to his mid ship deck cleat....once > attached and the boat comes to a stop leaving the engine in gear at idle > speed, he gets off the boat and attaches his lines. He doesn't step off his > boat to attach the spring line as there is too much freeboard and he is not > comfortable making a jump to the pier from that height.....it's a big boat, > centre cockpit and no one is going to 'man handle' it the way we can with our > C&C's > > My method, earlier described, is similar however I use my main winch because > I don't have a mid ship deck cleat.....I have one of those SS toe rail cleats > which I don't think was designed to stop the forward movement of the boat, at > least I am not going to experiment to find out. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32-84 > Halifax, N.S. > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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