When I was in a similar situation due to current, I found one of these very helpful
https://search.defender.com/?expression=Line+catcher It let me quickly get a spring line on without messing with boat hooks or leaving the boat. Bill On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 1:05 PM James Hesketh via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Been reading these responses and will add my experience to the discussion. > > I have a C&C 26, which is lighter than most of the boats mentioned in this > thread > so it doesn't carry as far, which makes my situation a bit easier. My slip > faces north at a marina in Miami, FL and we usually have an ENE wind. > Because it stops easily I will usually sail it back into the slip without > using the engine, often single-handed. > > To make the line handling less busy I've tied a tether (out of 3/16 line) > connecting the fore, aft, and two spring lines together at the bitter ends > -- one set for each side The slip has a short finger pier to port and two > pilings to starboard. > > When casting off I simply drop the lines into the water as I back out. > Then when I return, I can grab the closest line on whichever side seems > best with a boat hook and have all lines in hand at once. This allows me to > slow the boat if needed, or pull it foreword if necessary, and keep it > centered against the wind using either an actual dockline or the tether > line as needed. Then after tying the first I just walk around the boat and > cleat them using markers on the lines to get the length right. > > It's a bit unconventional, but in three years of doing this I've only > embarrassed myself a couple times. > > Jim Hesketh > C&C 26 -- Whisper > Coconut Grove, FL > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- William D. Hall, Ph.D. 617 620 9078 (c) wh...@alum.mit.edu
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