Tideslide opinions

[Four Suns]

Does anyone have any experience or opinion on the tideslide product?

http://www.tideslide.com/

The "geometry" of my slip and exposure to the river here does not allow me to accomadate the water rise I have seen twice this year. I spent all day yesterday on the boat adjusting lines in this mid-atlantic storm and my dock went underwater again (two times this year and it was built above the 100 year flood line). I need to be able to tie this thing up for +- 6 feet (maybe 8) and not the 2-3 feet I can do with just the lines.

Tideslide seems to provide a good solution.

 

[Dave S]

Looks like a pretty good solution Gary.

 

[ImpulseIII]

Think my marina owner would have a stroke if anything like that was attached to his pilings! Still, it looks like a good investment if you can install it.

 

[37 Dancer]

Gary........ I personally don't have any experience with tide slides.....but a neighbor on my canal uses them. He has a 40' Cabo flybridge. They seem to work great. He's never had problems with them.
The only thing I can see going wrong with them......is if you choose the wrong size shafts for your application.....and they bend. This will most likely stop the slides from operating correctly. :smt101

They seem to be a good product. :thumbsup:

 

[Alex D]

Does anyone have any experience or opinion on the tideslide product?

http://www.tideslide.com/

The "geometry" of my slip and exposure to the river here does not allow me to accomadate the water rise I have seen twice this year. I spent all day yesterday on the boat adjusting lines in this mid-atlantic storm and my dock went underwater again (two times this year and it was built above the 100 year flood line). I need to be able to tie this thing up for +- 6 feet (maybe 8) and not the 2-3 feet I can do with just the lines.

Tideslide seems to provide a good solution.

I looked into thse since they work good in lake environments where the tug and pull is never really as bad as in open and coastal waters.

There is also another company making similar devices at www.slidemoor.com I liked theirs a bit better because it does not protrude so much and "threaten" your gelcoat with harm everytime you come close.

 

[37 Dancer]

I've havent seen the SlideMoor system out there yet. But ( my opinion ) I'd feel very uncomfortable tying my boat up " tight " to all that steel ....with only that little rubber pad to protect my baby. :huh: I like to keep it away from the poles.

 

[Alex D]

I've havent seen the SlideMoor system out there yet. But ( my opinion ) I'd feel very uncomfortable tying my boat up " tight " to all that steel ....with only that little rubber pad to protect my baby. :huh:

Actually I have seen their rubber at a show. That rubber bumber is industrial strength, but yet "soft" on the surface. You can see this type of rubber on a lot of commercial freight and passenger docks.
If that rubber fails, you long already have much, much worse other problems that the steel getting close to your hull or deck :smt119

 

[37 Dancer]

Alex...... How is the rubber fasened to the slide ?..... it appears in the drawing... to be some type of bolt or rivet.....I'm not sure. I will look for this product at the next boat show and check it out. Im kinda a hands on guy....I like to handle the thing before I buy it......just to see the quality.



I took these today....... here's how the Tide Slides look at 1/2 tide :

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m4/1995sundancer/tideslides005.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m4/1995sundancer/tideslides012.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m4/1995sundancer/tideslides001.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m4/1995sundancer/tideslides006.jpg

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m4/1995sundancer/tideslides003.jpg

Here's another way to beat the waves ...use a set of whips:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m4/1995sundancer/tideslides015.jpg

I hope all these pics came out..............

 

[Alex D]

I agree with you 37D
I also would like to see stuff before installing. Slidemoor seems to be especially advantageous when slipping in a really tight slip because you tie the boat directly to the pilings. Disadvantage is when your pilings are not halfway decent in line which can happen with older pilings.

I am not sure what the advantage of those Tideslides for that Cabo are when the lines are that long?!?!? He might as well just tie them up tp cleats in a standard slipping arrangement and forget the TS investment.

 

[mrtopknight]

Gary,

I dont mean to go off topic but this thread reminded me of one of my friends who took his brand new bass boat down to the Everglades to participate in a fishing tournament. It did not occur to him that the tide effected the Glades. He slipped is boat and the morning of the tornament he woke up to find he new boat underwater still tied to the dock lines. :smt089

 

[Four Suns]

Those pictures are great. Thanks.

I will also have a few feet of rope on the things like the Cabo. Do you know what size he has? My 480 is right on the boarder line as the "smaller ones" are for 50' boats. Think I'll go for the larger size.

 

[37 Dancer]

Alex..... Good point about the pilings not being " in line " with the slide moors... what would happen ? Maybe the mounts could be spaced out with wood blocks/wedges.... or what have you .... to make them flat or square to the rub rail ? I guess every install would be different.
The reason ( I think ) the Cabo uses so much line is its a LARGE cut back in the property and the pilings are further apart. At the bow of the boat....he has a floating dock for his jet ski....so its alot larger then the boat. It does work well.....I pass it every time out of the canal and at all diffrent tide & wind conditions.....and it does the job.

 

[37 Dancer]

Gary..... Not sure of the size he uses on that Cabo.....if I see him around town.... I'll inquire.

I would go with the larger size.....it probably wouldn't hurt (unless they were too small ).

 

[jrcinnh]

Gary,

I dont mean to go off topic but this thread reminded me of one of my friends who took his brand new bass boat down to the Everglades to participate in a fishing tournament. It did not occur to him that the tide effected the Glades. He slipped is boat and the morning of the tornament he woke up to find he new boat underwater still tied to the dock lines. :smt089

This can be an issue even on lakes. My lake went up about a foot from a Sunday to a Friday last fall. Luckily, the lines on my boat snapped before the boat was flooded or a cleat ripped off. The spring lines kept the boat from drifting off. Some smaller boats in my marina did loose cleats and one floated off.

 

[Alex D]

Gary,

I dont mean to go off topic but this thread reminded me of one of my friends who took his brand new bass boat down to the Everglades to participate in a fishing tournament. It did not occur to him that the tide effected the Glades. He slipped is boat and the morning of the tornament he woke up to find he new boat underwater still tied to the dock lines. :smt089

This can be an issue even on lakes. My lake went up about a foot from a Sunday to a Friday last fall. Luckily, the lines on my boat snapped before the boat was flooded or a cleat ripped off. The spring lines kept the boat from drifting off. Some smaller boats in my marina did loose cleats and one floated off.

One foot of difference and your lines snap? Man somethings gotta be wrong with how you tie her up. Our lake has an electrohydraulic power plant at the dam and we have as much as four foot of lake level move. Nothing wrong with a classic line arrangement. The way I have the lines set, I could stomach another two feet easily.

 

[jrcinnh]

Well I did learn a thing or two from the experience. :smt101

Normally our lake changes at most two feet from spring to fall. All the changes are gradual enough to forgive sloppy technique. Last fall and this spring all kinds of new records were set.

Add 500 feet to get height above sea level

 

[trebbel]

Digging up an old thread...

Since this discussion was started, has anyone developed more of an opinion on Slidemoor and Tideslide options? I have a need for a side tie solution and like what I have learned about Slidemoor but want to talk with some people who use it.

 

[dpmulvey]

I've been looking for a ring system for you. I saw it in 05 when I got back into boating. It looked like a life ring and you attached your lines to it. Darn if I can remember the name. It worked on this principle.



http://www.mooringring.com/

I have seen the tide slide at boat shows and was not impressed. It looked way overpriced for what you got. It also looked as if it could bind. Just no warm fuzzies about it. MHO.

I've seen the same principle applied with galvanized pipe welded to angle iron and bolted to a piling for a LOT less money.


http://www.mitchellironworks.com/?page_id=134


I'd be willing to bet there are welders around here that do the same thing.

 

[trebbel]

I have talked to Mitchell IW. If I can get 4 pilings, that is the way to go (IMO). I am at odds with my neighbor and weighing my options with how to proceed. I may not be able to get 4 pilings without an influx of aggravation, money, time and effort.

The "Ring of the Future" seems like it would work but i like to reserve the ability to lay up against a piling if I have to. Those would leave a mark I think.

 

[dpmulvey]

I have talked to Mitchell IW. If I can get 4 pilings, that is the way to go (IMO). I am at odds with my neighbor and weighing my options with how to proceed. I may not be able to get 4 pilings without an influx of aggravation, money, time and effort.

The "Ring of the Future" seems like it would work but i like to reserve the ability to lay up against a piling if I have to. Those would leave a mark I think.

how would they leave a mark unless your beam at the water line is the same as at the rub rail.