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Topside saver
We're the next to last boat out in a marine on a busy harbor where
there is a lot of wake. The tugs have to ignore the "No-wake" zone to keep up with the ships they are escorting and lawyer and developer large yacht owners have to ignore it because they are important. It was pretty appalling to see the amount of topside scuffing that developed in the first two weeks, even with oversize fenders. I came up with this rig which has worked beautifully all summer. It almost always keeps the boat well away from the dock and doesn't snub in wakes. The boat does touch in the strongest NW winds but very lightly. http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Spring.jpg The line arrangement on the other side is the standard two spring, bow, and sternline setup. The outer springline is 3/8 nylon for maximum stretch. The forward part is a ten foot length of 3/8 inch bungee doubled onto a snap hook with a line on the other end to pull it up to the bow chock. This is easy to rig and provides lots more spring travel than the rubber on-line snubbers. The constant pull brings the boat far enough out in the lulls that it pretty much stays there even when the normal wind is enough to push it up to the dock. The boat pretty much tries to stay on the straight line between the opposite spring lines with the stern and bow line resisting the twisting moment. I do leave fenders rigged but just in case something gives way. They seldom touch. We have yet to have a boat occupy the spot outside of us but there is plenty of room for this rig if we do get a neighbor and they could rig one as well. This is the dock from hell. Wind and tide are almost always quartering away from the dock in the same direction the stern wants to swing in reverse. Why they always seem to be from the other direction when we are not docking is beyond me. To those who remember my angst about docking and undocking early in the season, I am glad to report that I have yet to mar the topsides with a single scratch or scrape. -- Roger Long |
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I like that, may try it myself.
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