wrote:
How do you sail off a dock when the wind is on
the bow? [Assume an end-tie situation] 1 pt.

Release painter. (How many know what that is?) Walk on dock towards
stern. Grab mainsheet near the end of boom and pull in so boat pivots
away from dock, keep stern in close. Ask novice passengers already
onboard if they want you to come along. Casually step over stern to
take helm. Slip and land on tiller, breaking it in half.

Alternate ending: realize you forgot to ship the rudder.

Jeff wrote:
wrote:
How do you sail off a dock when the wind is on
the bow? [Assume an end-tie situation] 1 pt.

Release painter. (How many know what that is?) Walk on dock towards
stern. Grab mainsheet near the end of boom and pull in so boat pivots
away from dock, keep stern in close. Ask novice passengers already
onboard if they want you to come along. Casually step over stern to
take helm. Slip and land on tiller, breaking it in half.

Alternate ending: realize you forgot to ship the rudder.

This happened/

katy wrote:
Jeff wrote:
wrote:
How do you sail off a dock when the wind is on
the bow? [Assume an end-tie situation] 1 pt.

Release painter. (How many know what that is?) Walk on dock towards
stern. Grab mainsheet near the end of boom and pull in so boat pivots
away from dock, keep stern in close. Ask novice passengers already
onboard if they want you to come along. Casually step over stern to
take helm. Slip and land on tiller, breaking it in half.

Alternate ending: realize you forgot to ship the rudder.

This happened/
Actually, both have happened to me. I've only broken one tiller
leaving the dock. But I have left a few times without a rudder,
fortunately in dinks that can easily do without.

"Jeff" wrote
| Release painter. (How many know what that is?)

I know what a painter is. It's the line to a dinghy. You cleat it to your sailboat to
tow the dinghy. I don't think a line to the front of a bigger sailboat is called a painter.


Cheers,
Ellen

You'd think wrong.

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"Jeff" wrote
| Release painter. (How many know what that is?)

I know what a painter is. It's the line to a dinghy. You cleat it to
your sailboat to
tow the dinghy. I don't think a line to the front of a bigger sailboat is
called a painter.


Cheers,
Ellen

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Jeff" wrote
| Release painter. (How many know what that is?)

I know what a painter is. It's the line to a dinghy. You cleat it to your sailboat to
tow the dinghy. I don't think a line to the front of a bigger sailboat is called a painter.


Cheers,
Ellen
As I was taught, if its permanently attached (more or less) to the
bow, its a painter. If not, its a dock line. Since the club boats I
used in my youth (and still use, on occasion) all come and go from the
dock hourly, its handy to have a painter, even if they're 25 feet.

... I don't think a line to the front of a bigger
sailboat is called a painter.


How big a boat? How is it fastened?


Jeff wrote:
As I was taught, if its permanently attached (more or less) to the bow,
its a painter. If not, its a dock line...

Agreed, a "painter" (as I've always heard the term used) is
a dedicated line to the bow of a boat small enough to be
towed as a dinghy/tender. Doesn't matter if it's currently
in use as a tow rope, bow line to the pier, or coiled under
the bow thwart.

The ways I've seen painters "permanently attached" include a
spliced loop to a bow eye, a spliced loop w/ a lark's head
knot to bow eye, reeved thru a hole in the stem with a
stopper knot, and spliced into the rope rubrail around the
gunwhale (only seen this once, wouldn't really recommend it
although it looks salty).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Well, we've used the term when towing another boat of about the same size...
don't know if that's what it's supposed to be called, however.

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"DSK" wrote in message
...
... I don't think a line to the front of a bigger sailboat is called a
painter.


How big a boat? How is it fastened?


Jeff wrote:
As I was taught, if its permanently attached (more or less) to the bow,
its a painter. If not, its a dock line...

Agreed, a "painter" (as I've always heard the term used) is a dedicated
line to the bow of a boat small enough to be towed as a dinghy/tender.
Doesn't matter if it's currently in use as a tow rope, bow line to the
pier, or coiled under the bow thwart.

The ways I've seen painters "permanently attached" include a spliced loop
to a bow eye, a spliced loop w/ a lark's head knot to bow eye, reeved thru
a hole in the stem with a stopper knot, and spliced into the rope rubrail
around the gunwhale (only seen this once, wouldn't really recommend it
although it looks salty).

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

wrote
| How do you sail off a dock when the wind is on
| the bow? [Assume an end-tie situation] 1 pt.


Attach the line from a small anchor to a cleat on the front of your boat.
Row the anchor out with your dinghy. Drop the anchor three or four boat
lengths in front of your bow. Untie the dock lines and pull on the anchor
line till your over the anchor. Weigh the anchor and off you go...

Cheers,
Ellen

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wrote
| How do you sail off a dock when the wind is on
| the bow? [Assume an end-tie situation] 1 pt.


Attach the line from a small anchor to a cleat on the
front of your boat.
Row the anchor out with your dinghy. Drop the anchor three
or four boat
lengths in front of your bow. Untie the dock lines and
pull on the anchor
line till your over the anchor. Weigh the anchor and off
you go...


3 boat lengths? By the time you weigh anchor you'll be back
crashing on the dock.

SV