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Topic: How to moor a CL16
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skategoat
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posted September 01, 2004 10:23 AM
 
I just bought a CL16. I will keep it in the water during the season. My question is, how do I moor this thing? I have a bow eye and that's it. No other cleats or eyes.I was thinking of tieing the stern at the motor bracket. Is this advisable? I'm assuming the bracket is through-bolted and reasonably strong. Although my cottage is in a bay, I get the occasional yahoo wakeboarding throwing a 2-3 foot wake at my dock. I'd like to make sure the boat is secure. IP: 209.167.159.20 |
whited
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posted September 01, 2004 11:29 AM
If you are talking about a mooring ball, I'd use the boweye, if you can reach it to tie on. Otherwise I'd attach a fitting to your bowplate that a line could be tied to.
If you plan on tieing up to a dock, you may want to install a couple of cleats near the stern, port & starboard. At the bow...same as above.IP: 156.34.80.39 |
Dougster
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posted September 01, 2004 01:27 PM
 
I use the painter to tie the bow (when not in use I put the excess line into the spinaker tube). I have another line with a figure 8 knot tied in one end for the stern. I thread the line thru the blocks that I use for the spinaker guy and sheet and move it from side to side depending on which side I am mooring on. I would be hesitant to use the motor mount as it is awkward to get at from inside the boat, unless it is one of the fancier ones it pops off too easily and I would be worried about getting the line tangled in the prop.IP: 198.96.180.245 |
skategoat
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posted September 01, 2004 01:47 PM
Dougster. Not exactly sure what you mean. Any chance you could take a photo?IP: 209.167.159.20 |
Darcy
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posted September 02, 2004 12:10 AM
When we purchased our boat, Ken suggested one of the best ways to tie up a boat was on a float. They ride the waves very nicely. As we had just finished building a floating dock at the cottage we tied up to the new dock.The large wake action from certain boats (wake boarders, well intentioned boats who don't quite slow down enough) causes Shortwave to really snap the stern line. I've put a rubber snubber on the line to absorb the shock. I was concerned that the dock cleat might rip out. Who in their right mind would design a boat to make bigger waves as the wakeboard boats do? It seems to defeat 3000 years of evolutionary elegant hull design. D'Arcy IP: 70.48.7.127 |
