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Old 06-01-2012, 05:39 PM   #15
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Default Dock lines

One technique that I used several times when at an away port was to hand off to a person on the dock a line with a reasonable loop at the dock end and have the person on the dock simply drop it over a piling. Then I just adjusted the length at the boat end and cleated it off. I say, with some humility, that I generally trusted my own skills with a line more than I trusted a well-meaning stranger on the dock. Using the loop method allows two boats to be tied to the same piling and either can disengage without disturbing the other. At my own dock I had measured lines attached to the dock with snap hooks into eye bolts at the dock end and spliced eyes at the boat end. This made for very easy get-a-way, and fall put-a-way was equally as easy, as was spring set up. I think tying a boat is a matter of listening to others and their methods, and then doing what works best for you in your personal circumstances.
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