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Wayne.B
 
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On 7 Apr 2005 09:46:52 -0700, wrote:

You don't mess with a spring line when there's a moderate wind on the
dockside beam, do you?


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Not if the wind is going to push me away cleanly. The spring line is
really not a big thing however as long as there is a convenient dock
piling. We just take the the line once aroung the piling and bring it
back through a hawse pipe to a cleat. As soon as the stern is out
where I want it, Mrs B clears the spring line, and I back the boat
out.

Our new GB is actually a twin engine boat but I like to get on and off
the dock in front of our house using just the outside prop to avoid
stirring up canal mud at low tide.