If nobody's watching, I can usually come right up to the ball, throw the boat
into neutral, grab the pick-up stick and get at least one of the two bow lines
attached at which point I'll let the boat swing around, grab the other line and
attach it to the remaining cleat. Even with 10-15 + kts of wind I've got it
down to a science. On the other hand, if there are witnesses on boats moored
next to me, it inevitably take 2,3,4 attempts with everyone watching what, I'm
sure to them, looks like a Chinese fire drill.
Same deal pulling into a slip (which I try to avoid). If nobody's around I can
nose her in and barely 'kiss' the dock. With a bunch of onlookers, back to the
Chinese fire drill.
S
Steve Weinstein
S/V CAPTIVA
1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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Subject: [Liveaboard] Considerin a Cat+ mooring ball catch...
Ahoy list!
Hope I'm doing this right. I get the "digest" version, and this used to say,
"reply to this post"...hopefully I've cleaned it up enough without a lot of
trash.
Ahmet,...Nice post,...I learned something...good stuff. enough said. And I
haven't read Animal Farm either,...didn't know about the pig thing.
Steve and others,...Ever tried the fun game of catching a a mooring ball at
your stern? I've single handed for 24 years, and thou still not an
expert,...quite the trick to swivel around,...hook the ball, then walk the
boat/ball around to the front (my 32' 10K sailboat)...not easy...but not hard
either. Surely I'm not the first to do this ;-)
Patrick
DancesWithWaves
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Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Considering a cat - - - - - - - WAS How
manyinternational sailors with HF get arestricted radio permit.
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:26:56 -0400
Marce, always the voice of moderation. ANYWAY, to your question, we've always
been in monohulls and I do a lot of singlehanding - a lot of times with guests
onboard if you get my drift <grins>.
Having said that, a couple of years ago, my wife and I with two other couples
chartered a Belize 42 (I think it's a Lagoon model) in the BVI. WOW. I
absolutely loved the boat and the way she handled. When it was time for us to
upgrade two years ago I seriously considered a cat except for the handling
issue while by myself or with guests that didn't know the pointy end (or ends)
from the blunt end (s).
I realized in the BVI that picking up a mooring ball, either a pick-up stick
or the kind where you've got to reach the ball to thread a bow line through the
ring, was tricky. Since a lot of time I'm out by myself for a day of sailing
out of my home marina, I'd never be able to grab the mooring ball by myself.
Tricky, to say the least.
That being said, I don't think you can beat the comfort below, or while
sailing, of a cat. I'm not that concerned about pointing issues since we're
basically cruisers and if I can only get the boat to 35-40 degrees upwind, no
big deal. All in all, if I always had 'crew' aboard, I might definitely go for
a cat.
But that's off the table for the foreseeable future since we just got Captiva
in October '08 and I intend to keep her for a long, long, time. Captiva had
everything we needed or wanted (headroom, generator, reverse cycle heat/air,
electric halyard winch, electric windlass). By the time I might be looking for
another boat it would be because of age, etc., and then would probably
transition into a trawler.....
Hopefully that's a long, long way down the road......
Steve Weinstein
S/V CAPTIVA
1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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