You'd think wrong.

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"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"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

If we're going to argue about this, then some specifics
i.e.; size of boat, keel / rudder type, rig, # of crew,
need to be presented. My answer was for smaller boats
because that's what I have experience with.

Scotty




"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
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That might not work in a larger yacht.

You could always ring for a stewardess.

"Scotty" wrote
Push off from the bow, roll out jib, sail off, turn on
AP
and hoist main, grab drink from below.

Scotty


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

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