More great advice. Unfortunately I can't run lines to the next pilings over as they would have to cross over the boats next to me to do that.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Dennis C. <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat, > > Ditto on what Joe and Ed have said. Here's what I do. Hopefully it will > help. > > Touche' is in a slip with bow pilings, midships pilings and cleats on the > main pier. We have very little wave action in our marina. Touche's slip > is exposed to wind and surge only so most of my storm prep is so directed. > Isaac generated over 8 feet of surge. The water level was 5.1 feet over > the piers. > > I have a dedicated set of dock lines for storms only. I remove the normal > dock lines which go to the pilings on the port and starboard bow and have > the eyes on the bow cleat. I replace them with the longer storm lines > which go across the slips on either side of Touche' to the bow pilings for > those slips. They are tied near the tops of those pilings. These lines > have chafe protection at the chocks and are figure eighted on the bow cleat > for adjustment. I tension them slightly to keep the bow centered in the > slip. > > My stern lines are normally crossed and cleated on the main pier. The > center pier I'm on has a metal roof. I remove the normal dock lines and > replace them with the longer storm lines which are tied chest high to the > pilings on the main pier which hold the roof up. These pilings are 10 or > so feet further outboard of the cleats where the normal lines attach. > These lines are crossed, figured eighted on the transom cleats and also > tensioned slightly to keep the stern centered in the slip. > > Note my emphasis on keeping the boat centered in the slip. With the lines > carried so far outboard from the boat, there is less requirement to leave > the lines slack. Think of it as increasing the scope on your anchor rode. > If you are anchored with 10:1 scope, the angle will change little as the > boat rises or lowers with the tide. Touche's storm lines remain nearly > horizontal throughout a storm event. > > For me, it is important to tie the lines high on the pilings and tension > them to keep the boat centered in the slip. During Isaac, my buddy was > running up and down the bayou checking on boats. He said Touche' never got > closer than 6-8 inches to the midships pilings. Gotta save the new paint > job!! > > I also installed dock cushions/bumpers down the insides and over the top > of both midships pilings. These are the ones that look like firehose with > foam inside. It's important to wrap them over the tops of the pilings. > See next paragraph. > > The boat on my starboard side just ties to his pilings and doubles up his > lines. His midships pilings are dented on top and show signs of bottom > paint where the boat moved over and sat on the pilings at maximum surge. > Fortunately, it suffered no damage since there is no wave action. If we > had waves in our marina, the boat might have been holed and sunk. That's > why I wrap dock bumpers over the tops of my midships pilings. The boat > next to him did the same and also showed signs of having sat on top of his > midships pilings. > > I also put large fenders on the midships pilings at various heights. I > don't change the spring line as there won't be much windage on the boat and > the spring line is long enough to handle the surge without changing the > horizontal angle much. > > I remove all sails, clip all forward halyards to the toe rail forward of > the shrouds, tie the boom side to side to the toe rail or foot blocks on > the cockpit coaming, and, depending on the expected wind strength, I may > tie the biminis down to the deck or backstay or remove the canvas > altogether. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pat Nevitt <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, October 26, 2012 9:02 AM > > *Subject:* Stus-List Extra lines for storm > > I'm on the Chesapeake just south of Annapolis and the current storm track > makes it look pretty ugly here Monday and Tuesday. Obviously I'm going to > go down and take the sails off and remove anything that might get taken > away by the wind. I've prepped for storms before, but not really sure that > I put the extra lines on properly. I thought I would ask the list for their > input. I have a C&C 29 MK II and am in a slip on a fixed dock (not > floating) in the middle of a line of 20 boats or so. I have sailboats in > slips on either side of me. The slip has angels (pilings) off the bow and > the fixed dock at the stern and a short 6 foot finger pier along the port > side. Normally I have stern lines that don't cross (I don't cross them > anymore as they tend to rip out the swim ladder) going to pilings on the > pier astern and fixed to the cleats on the aft port and starboard side of > the boat. The bow lines go from cleats on the deck on either side of the > bow and through a gap in the toe rail to the pilings. I also have a spring > line on the port side that goes from a cleat attached to the genoa track to > the piling off the port bow. We are fairly protected and don't normally > get a lot of wave motion in the slips except when a power boater ignores > the speed limit. Normal tidal range is only 2-3 feet. Obviously the > potential wind, waves, storm surge and the abnormal tidal range all coming > together with this storm will make it unique. So, the question is where > should I place extra lines? > > My original intent was to leave the normal ones where they are, perhaps a > little looser than usual (will put larger fenders on either side of the > boat, especially near the finger pier). I thought another spring line on > the starboard side maybe going aft would be good. Then I think I should > double up the bow and stern lines, but the cleats won't hold more than one > line. So where to put those? In the past I have afixed the extra stern > lines to the main winches, but the bow lines are another issue. Base of > the mast maybe? I also intend to leave these double lines with much more > slack in them to account for tidal range. > > Pat Nevitt > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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