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Ansley W. Sawyer Ansley W. Sawyer is offline
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Default four pile mooring for single-handed sailing

Adam,

My suggestion would be to rig all lines to the piles so that you leave them
on the piles when you leave. Put a nail in the piles to hang the lines on.
Make the line to pile 2 long enough so you can hang it on pile 4.

Then rig a long extra line to pile 4 and lead it to a starboard middeck
snatch block and back to the cockpit starboard jib sheet winch.

Slack lines so that you can cast off and hang up lines to pile 1 and 3. You
are now hanging on 2 and 4 and the aft spring. Slack the line to pile 2 as
you take up on the spring. You will hang on the spring and the bow will fall
off the wind. Hang up the stern line to pile 4 and the port bow line on pile
4. Now engage the engine slow astern to hold her in position as you hang up
the spring and slow astern out.

Cheers

Ansley Sawyer
SV Pacem