Sicktght311
Active Member
- Sep 21, 2021
- 108
- Boat Info
- Sundancer 270
- Engines
- 7.4L MPI/Bravo3
Moving to a new slip this year, and thinking of the best way to tie up when i first get there and set my lines for ease of use through the season.
Slip is a foot or two wider than my beam, floating dock at the stern, 2 fixed pilings at the bow end. Sea Ray Sundancer 270 and we back the boat in.
My thoughts are the following once i get in the slip and loosely tied up while i set my permanent lines.....
1) Stern lines - Criss crossed from the transom cleats, to the dock cleats. Loop end of the line attached to the boat, other end wrapped around the dock cleat to keep side to side movement, and forward movement controlled
2) Bow lines - Loop end attached to the bow cleats, wrap the other end around the piling to keep the boat from too much side to side movement
3) Spring Lines - Instead of single line from the piling to the spring cleat on the boat, i thought about running a spring line from the piling, all the way to the cleat on the dock where the stern lines are attached, and then tying an alpine butterfly knot where the spring line meets the spring cleat.
I figure the advantage of the piling to dock cleat spring line is that when i pull in and out of the slip, i can do it myself without anyone else, as the spring line provides a bit of guidance to slide the boat into the slip, slip the knot into the spring cleats, and then i can attach the forward and aft lines without worry the boat is going to slide too far forward, or too far back and tap the dock. And this way i can also just unhook my lines, and pop them onto the dock or top of the piling when i'm leaving, and they're there for me when i get back. I always carry extra lines on board for tying up elsewhere while i'm away
Good to you guys? Thoughts on the best way to permanently attach the spring line and forward lines to the pilings so they dont slip down? I've seen people use everything from a million knots, to driving a nail into the piling just below the lines so they dont slip, to putting a screw right in the middle of one of the lines directly into the piling.
EDIT - added pic to page 2
Slip is a foot or two wider than my beam, floating dock at the stern, 2 fixed pilings at the bow end. Sea Ray Sundancer 270 and we back the boat in.
My thoughts are the following once i get in the slip and loosely tied up while i set my permanent lines.....
1) Stern lines - Criss crossed from the transom cleats, to the dock cleats. Loop end of the line attached to the boat, other end wrapped around the dock cleat to keep side to side movement, and forward movement controlled
2) Bow lines - Loop end attached to the bow cleats, wrap the other end around the piling to keep the boat from too much side to side movement
3) Spring Lines - Instead of single line from the piling to the spring cleat on the boat, i thought about running a spring line from the piling, all the way to the cleat on the dock where the stern lines are attached, and then tying an alpine butterfly knot where the spring line meets the spring cleat.
I figure the advantage of the piling to dock cleat spring line is that when i pull in and out of the slip, i can do it myself without anyone else, as the spring line provides a bit of guidance to slide the boat into the slip, slip the knot into the spring cleats, and then i can attach the forward and aft lines without worry the boat is going to slide too far forward, or too far back and tap the dock. And this way i can also just unhook my lines, and pop them onto the dock or top of the piling when i'm leaving, and they're there for me when i get back. I always carry extra lines on board for tying up elsewhere while i'm away
Good to you guys? Thoughts on the best way to permanently attach the spring line and forward lines to the pilings so they dont slip down? I've seen people use everything from a million knots, to driving a nail into the piling just below the lines so they dont slip, to putting a screw right in the middle of one of the lines directly into the piling.
EDIT - added pic to page 2
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