AHA !!!!!



"silverback" wrote in message
news:I0cPg.28256$E67.1371@clgrps13...
It would be nigh impossible on a large vessel from a
midship cleat.

CM

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
Yes, that's what she said. That would be quite a chore.


Scotty wrote:
I may be getting these docking questions mixed up, and
I may
be drinking but I believe Little Ellen was to have you
pull
the boat INTO the wind, sideways, from midship cleat
she
said.

Scotty



"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
silverback wrote:
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
in
message

reenews.ne
t...
"Scotty" wrote
| the wind's blowing this bigger boat against the
dock
and
| you're going to hoist sail and THEN pull the boat
INTO the
| wind by hand???


Well, yeah. But, I'm not talking about really
big
boats. I'd say
anything up to 25
feet would work that way. A strong man could
probably
pull a 30 foot boat
out in
say 10-15 miles per hour wind.
Six tons of full keel cruising sailboat.... in 30
knots
on a lee dock....
can be pulled to hook point.... even by a wimpy sissy
like Ganz.
The wind force on the typical 30 foot sailboat in a 30
knot breeze is
about 700 pounds. And that's without the sail up.

I use to sail my 25 footer without firing up the
engine
for a season.
One of the few times I used it was to raise a well
set
anchor in a
crowded anchorage with a strong breeze. Even though I
was
30 years
younger, I could just barely haul the boat up to the
anchor with sails
set, and that was probably 500 pounds on the rode.


I bet even Ole Thom could easily manage a 40 footer.
The
only thing to
overcome is inertia....
With a 40 footer, the strain goes well over 1000
pounds.
Yes, there
are probably a few tricks you can play, but just
hauling
hand over
hand isn't going to do much.