This means that he can remove his line and
leave without removing your line or similarly if you leave first.

Very important in tidal areas, because when another boater has to leave
early tide (4 AM) then he does not need to wake you! This boater will
recognize dipping quickly. This practice is very commonly observed in and
around the North Sea countries, where rafting and tying up 6-7 boats wide is
not uncommon!
Especially, if you have kept your mooring lines without enough slack .
Or, they may do unintentionally a sloppy job re-doing your mooring lines ;-)
--
c ya Wim
www.cork.org

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:47:31 -0600, "Guido"
wrote:



These days, if you yelled "dip it" to the guy catching your line he
wouldn't
have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.

Okay, I'll be the dummy. I'm 44 and I don't recall hearing it. ??? If I had
to guess I would say dip the eye in the drink to soften it. ????

I am 68 and I never heard that expression, although I always do it
when circumstances indicate.


Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a


"Nuke the gay whales for Jesus" -- anon T-shirt

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:47:31 -0600, "Guido"
wrote:



These days, if you yelled "dip it" to the guy catching your line he
wouldn't
have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.

Okay, I'll be the dummy. I'm 44 and I don't recall hearing it. ??? If I had
to guess I would say dip the eye in the drink to soften it. ????

I am 68 and I never heard that expression, although I always do it
when circumstances indicate.


Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a


"Nuke the gay whales for Jesus" -- anon T-shirt

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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:47:31 -0600, "Guido"
wrote:



These days, if you yelled "dip it" to the guy catching your line he
wouldn't
have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.

Okay, I'll be the dummy. I'm 44 and I don't recall hearing it. ??? If I had
to guess I would say dip the eye in the drink to soften it. ????

I am 68 and I never heard that expression, although I always do it
when circumstances indicate.

My age is irrelevant, and I've never heard the expression, but I've
seen Bob do it when he's had his lines on a piling that someone else
was also using for their lines. I vaguely remember hearing about it
someplace - like maybe the CGAux basic boating course.


grandma Rosalie

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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:47:31 -0600, "Guido"
wrote:



These days, if you yelled "dip it" to the guy catching your line he
wouldn't
have the foggiest idea what you're talking about.

Okay, I'll be the dummy. I'm 44 and I don't recall hearing it. ??? If I had
to guess I would say dip the eye in the drink to soften it. ????

I am 68 and I never heard that expression, although I always do it
when circumstances indicate.

My age is irrelevant, and I've never heard the expression, but I've
seen Bob do it when he's had his lines on a piling that someone else
was also using for their lines. I vaguely remember hearing about it
someplace - like maybe the CGAux basic boating course.


grandma Rosalie

So why should we have to back into a slip?

Because you were talking about having to climb over bow pulpits to get off a
boat.
Then there was the bowsprit thing. Personally I'd like to keep a chainsaw
at my marina to take care of the dimwits who park their bowsprit equiped boats
with the bowsprit protruding half way over the pier.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

So why should we have to back into a slip?

Because you were talking about having to climb over bow pulpits to get off a
boat.
Then there was the bowsprit thing. Personally I'd like to keep a chainsaw
at my marina to take care of the dimwits who park their bowsprit equiped boats
with the bowsprit protruding half way over the pier.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

with the bowsprit protruding half way over the pier.

Another good reason to back into a slip.. The dock master is less likely to
object to the "undeclared" length of the bow sprit, if it is poking out into
the fairway than over the dock.

However, one disadvantages to backing into a slip that hasn't been
mentioned, is privacy..

When you stern to the dock, you can't leave your companionway open without
dock walkers peering in.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

with the bowsprit protruding half way over the pier.

Another good reason to back into a slip.. The dock master is less likely to
object to the "undeclared" length of the bow sprit, if it is poking out into
the fairway than over the dock.

However, one disadvantages to backing into a slip that hasn't been
mentioned, is privacy..

When you stern to the dock, you can't leave your companionway open without
dock walkers peering in.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

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(SAIL LOCO) wrote:

So why should we have to back into a slip?

Because you were talking about having to climb over bow pulpits to get off a
boat.

When I park a car, I usually go into the space head first. My husband
backs in. I'd rather back out into a big space than back into a small
space. He feels that he'd rather see out where he's going, and I feel
that the hood (bonnet) of the car keeps you almost as far back in the
space as going in forward does. (In actual fact I often find a place
in the lot with two spaces and pull all the way through.)

Then there was the bowsprit thing. Personally I'd like to keep a chainsaw
at my marina to take care of the dimwits who park their bowsprit equiped boats
with the bowsprit protruding half way over the pier.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"No shirt, no skirt, full service"

We don't have a bowsprit, but neither do we ever allow the bow to
overhang the pier because we have an anchor with sharp edges on it and
we don't want people running into it and getting hurt. Also I think
there's too much chance of the bow coming down on the pier especially
if there are fixed docks and some tide.

The people with bowsprits and the people who climb off over the bow
are not me. I've just seen it done (and visited those people) so I
know it's possible. In Elizabeth City the concrete city docks (fixed)
are about on the level with our bow, and the finger piers are very
short and are much lower down. I have to have a step on the finger
pier or I can't reach from the deck of the boat to the dock. There's
an iron railing on the shore so one couldn't protrude over even if one
was big enough. I've never seen a sailboat back into those slips.

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