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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-09-2016, 13:47
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Posted By wrwakefield
Re: Docking with a spring line

Bill - the wife and I are planning on traveling up the Inside Passage next spring. Do I need to have a pressure washer at the ready for any docking manuevers? :biggrin::biggrin:
Ron[/QUOTE]

Hey...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-09-2016, 07:30
Replies: 27
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Posted By wrwakefield
Re: Docking with a spring line

Hi Chris,

They are a horizontal timber [think 6x6 for the sake of a mental image] parallel to the dock and finger edges, elevated above the dock by spacers [pipe or timber] approximately their own...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-09-2016, 07:17
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Posted By wrwakefield
Re: Docking with a spring line

DH,

I have only run into rings on a dock a few times, and never understood why they use them...

What a great tradition you all share helping with docking. We see that further south where...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 17-09-2016, 10:10
Replies: 27
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Posted By wrwakefield
Re: Docking with a spring line

Oh, if only we had cleats on our docks...

The docks and marinas in the Inside Passage of Alaska have bull rails instead since they cater to most any sized fishing and recreational vessel. This...
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