On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:57:07 -0500, sherwindu
wrote:


Once the have it, then you let the bow fall off a bit to line up with
your slip and proceed in. During this time the crew member walks the
line back to a mid-ship cleat and takes one wrap.

While the crew member is walking back, the current has already swept me into
the downstream piling, or worse yet, the boat in the next slip.

Get some of the heavy rubber strips that are designed for permanent
attachment to a piling. That way you can lay along side it without
damage to your boat. Run a permanent piece of line from the piling to
the seawall. You will then be able to enter the slip and lay against
the piling and rope as you secure your lines to the pier.

"Wayne.B" wrote:



Get some of the heavy rubber strips that are designed for permanent
attachment to a piling. That way you can lay along side it without
damage to your boat. Run a permanent piece of line from the piling to
the seawall. You will then be able to enter the slip and lay against
the piling and rope as you secure your lines to the pier.

Your idea may work. Maybe I was looking for a more elegant solution than
crashing into a piling, padded or not. I have to check with the management of
the marina as to what modifications they will allow me to make.

Sherwin

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:59:52 -0500, sherwindu
wrote:

Maybe I was looking for a more elegant solution than
crashing into a piling, padded or not.

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Every airplane landing is a controlled crash, same with docking. :-)