Mightychan
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I have a 42 foot Sundancer with a 14 foot beam in a wet slip. The slip is about 20 feet wide, so I have lots of room on the sides. However, the last piling is about 25 feet out from the rear of the slip, which puts it just astern of my midships cleats. Currently I have my bow lines affixed at those cleats, but the cleats are so close to the pilings that the line is only about 5 feet long. We don't have huge tide swings here in NW Florida but I still think it would be wise to have a longer line there to accommodate for king tides, storms, etc. Suggestions? I have thought of using a loose bowline knot on the piling so that the rope could slide up and down the piling, perhaps with some chafe guard. Anyone have any better ideas? Thanks.