JVM225
Well-Known Member
But if you cross the bow lines and go to the cleat on the opposite sides then the line fleet angles will better hold the boat's bow in position.
Bow rail would interfere on my boat if I crossed them.
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But if you cross the bow lines and go to the cleat on the opposite sides then the line fleet angles will better hold the boat's bow in position.
If you're exposed to winds, wave action, remember.....the longer the lines the easier they are on the boat. I've walked my marina when conditions were bad watching different boats. It's always the same that one line or the other gets slammed tight first even if only by a second, huge forces are involved. When I tie up I try to keep lines as long as possible and I allow the boat to move. This dissipates some energy that is otherwise transferred to the cleats. I also have a rubber snubber in a couple lines to help.I can't because of the way my boat is. Right now I have it set and it doesn't move anywhere, high winds or not.
Nothing to stop it from rubbing on the fingers with this set up.
He said he has a pretty wide slip, though. Stern lines will keep it from the fingers. I've had boats tied similar to that and it has seem to work well. You could add those short ones back in, but make them as long as possible - but just short enough to keep the rubrail from hitting the outer piling, if it was necessary. That way, for the most part, their not being used.View attachment 81180
Nothing to stop it from rubbing on the fingers with this set up.
Pure genius. -)So for now, I have added Tideminders to the midships lines. I am going to see if I can rig some real bowlines from the outside piling over the weekend.
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