DSK wrote:
doubleecho wrote
What is your knot preference for making a dock line off to
a piling?


Scotty wrote:
All my docklines have eyesplices in them, I loop through the
eye.

Same here. The self-tightening loop keeps the line from dropping along
the piling or chafing.

Yes, it has the added advantage that you can loosen it and move it
with a boat hook.




What should be a concern when so moored.



Tidal range.


Agreed again. I didn't think you all had much tide up there. We have
very little real tide, the wind on the estuary puts the water level up
or down as much as four feet some times.

Jeeze, you call that a tide? (OK, you said it wasn't a real tide.)

Of course, while East of Cape Cod we have 9 feet or more of tide, its
very rare that a recreational facility doesn't have floating docks.


How do you tell if the line is going to allow more or less movement as
the water level goes up or down?

trigonometry


Fresh Breezes- Doug King