sledge
Senior Member
Question to the east coast folks on here. I normally go stern-in, but I read this in a Boat U.S. hurricane prep brochure:
"you’ll want to arrange the bow toward open water or, lacking that, toward the least protected direction. This reduces windage. The exception is boats with swim platforms, especially swim platforms that are integral to the hull. These boats have been sunk when their platforms were bashed against a bulkhead. If your boat’s swim platform can’t be kept safely away from a bulkhead, secure the boat with its stern toward open water."
I do have a swim platform, but seems like if I double the bow lines (maybe the far one is out to a piling), plus have spring lines, these would prevent the stern from heading towards the dock in a stern-in situation.
I'd welcome opinions on the Boat U.S. paragraph above, and do some of you follow this rule... or not...?
Thanks in advance for any comments.
"you’ll want to arrange the bow toward open water or, lacking that, toward the least protected direction. This reduces windage. The exception is boats with swim platforms, especially swim platforms that are integral to the hull. These boats have been sunk when their platforms were bashed against a bulkhead. If your boat’s swim platform can’t be kept safely away from a bulkhead, secure the boat with its stern toward open water."
I do have a swim platform, but seems like if I double the bow lines (maybe the far one is out to a piling), plus have spring lines, these would prevent the stern from heading towards the dock in a stern-in situation.
I'd welcome opinions on the Boat U.S. paragraph above, and do some of you follow this rule... or not...?
Thanks in advance for any comments.