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Old 08-14-2020, 10:11 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin View Post
I ]Now the other thing that can cause premature wear, is not having the boat tied properly and allowing to much movement forward and backward.... those wheels work great in one direction, yawing action is not good, and in a busy area could be part of the problem.[/I][/COLOR][/COLOR]
Where I was docking my boat, the wave problem wasn't wind caused wave action, but rather from boat wakes. Most came from a direction essentially from the port aft to the starboard bow, an angle.

Besides dock lines and whip lines fore and aft, I also used a spring line that ran from an aft dock cleat to the boat mid-cleat then on to a bow dock cleat. It did a great job of keeping the boat aligned with the whips , virtually eliminating back and forth motion.

Dave
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