Hi Rick, Good points. Two reasons for a mid ship cleat. 1. Not all docks (and Piers) have mid cleats. 2. The chocks at the bow and stern of my C&C are not big enough for 2-5/8" dock lines, so chaffing is an issue.
Gary S/V Kaylarah ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~ On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Rick Brass via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I’ve actually been following this discussion, though I don’t foresee the > need for a mid-ship cleat on Imzadi. > > > > Imzadi is one of the mid-70s C&Cs that came with a winch farm around the > mast. I’ve led lines aft and eliminated the winches, but kept the cleats on > the cabin top. The spring lines in my home slip are attached high on > pilings so they can be routed over the lifelines and to the cabin top > mid-ship cleats. Since I leave a set of lines permanently attached at the > home slip, and they are preset for length with the eye toward the boat, > this makes entering the slip and tying up pretty easy. > > > > On the bigger boats I’ve worked on (up to about 85 feet or so) and > observed, the normal procedure is to run the springs from the bow and stern > and attach them to the dock in the middle. That is the practice I almost > always use when on a dock other than my home slip. And that is the way my > 25 is secured in her slip. > > > > On the 72 foot schooner I used to captain, we had prerigged bow and bow > spring through the forward hawse hole, and prerigged stern and aft spring > lines through the aft hole. We did have a short-ish (25 ft. or so) breast > line through a mid-ship hawse, but that line was always the first line to > the dock so I could use the engine fore and aft to snug the boat up to the > dock before setting dock lines, and it was removed and coiled after the > other lines were secure. > > > > I guess I’m curious why so many other C&Cers have added mid-ship cleats? > > > > > > Rick Brass > > Imzadi C&C 38 mk2 #47 > > la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 #225 > > Washington, NC > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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