I thought I did until Friday night... Stern in starboard side tie dock... just 2’ from aft wall. And 30kn beam winds coming in and waves on port side.
I have been going here for years and never seen anything like this.
My wife wakes me up at 1:30 and says she heard a crack. We are up against a 4x4 with a 2x8 fastened to the front of it with a steel channel supporting the 4x4 and a bumper in between the Post and the boat. I go outside and the post is broken off... my ropes are holding up the post
The boat is violently going forward and back and side to side.... starboard side is pushing on the posts that are remaining. At this moment I have 3 posts working for me. Then within minutes my spring line breaks a second post then a few minutes later one of my stern lines snaps in the center. Not good.
So I needed to tie to the adjacent dock to get the boat off the broken poles and the only thing I had was a tow rope for a tube... it ended up working but not ideal. I managed to rummage around and find pieces to get two more ropes across to the other dock but they were springing like crazy... at 2:30 in the morning this was not a good situation. I ended up staying up all night to keep an eye on things and a 6:00 in the morning a neighbor offered two 50' 5/8" lines that worked perfect to stop the spring and keep us off the broken poles. In the end I had to cut two lines to get them off the posts.... they were dug into the wood the thickness of the ropes....it was crazy... but in the end no damage to the boat
When I started I had 7 - 5/8" 25' braided lines. This obviously was not enough especially when you consider breaking and cutting and getting over the 35' to the other dock.
I am thinking 10-25' lines and 3-50' lines
The pics were taken after the wind storm...you can see the two broken posts and gap to the adjacent dock
I have been going here for years and never seen anything like this.
My wife wakes me up at 1:30 and says she heard a crack. We are up against a 4x4 with a 2x8 fastened to the front of it with a steel channel supporting the 4x4 and a bumper in between the Post and the boat. I go outside and the post is broken off... my ropes are holding up the post
The boat is violently going forward and back and side to side.... starboard side is pushing on the posts that are remaining. At this moment I have 3 posts working for me. Then within minutes my spring line breaks a second post then a few minutes later one of my stern lines snaps in the center. Not good.
So I needed to tie to the adjacent dock to get the boat off the broken poles and the only thing I had was a tow rope for a tube... it ended up working but not ideal. I managed to rummage around and find pieces to get two more ropes across to the other dock but they were springing like crazy... at 2:30 in the morning this was not a good situation. I ended up staying up all night to keep an eye on things and a 6:00 in the morning a neighbor offered two 50' 5/8" lines that worked perfect to stop the spring and keep us off the broken poles. In the end I had to cut two lines to get them off the posts.... they were dug into the wood the thickness of the ropes....it was crazy... but in the end no damage to the boat
When I started I had 7 - 5/8" 25' braided lines. This obviously was not enough especially when you consider breaking and cutting and getting over the 35' to the other dock.
I am thinking 10-25' lines and 3-50' lines
The pics were taken after the wind storm...you can see the two broken posts and gap to the adjacent dock
Just curious what you guys carry and where you buy good quality lines?
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