Irish Rover
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2017
- Messages
- 80
- Location
- Turkey
- Vessel Name
- Irish Rover
- Vessel Make
- Fountaine Pajot Greenland 34
So do you actually disembark from the bow?Med mooring is pretty much the norm in this marina.
So do you actually disembark from the bow?Med mooring is pretty much the norm in this marina.
Go out the pilot hose door, step to the dock.
I do use a breast line which can be interesting during high or low tide. Depending upon the tide, the fried eggs cooks on one side of the pan or the other.
No side dock in Med marinas so I still need the rosary beads and the new wife.Go out the pilot hose door, step to the dock.
I do use a breast line which can be interesting during high or low tide. Depending upon the tide, the fried eggs cooks on one side of the pan or the other.
So you use an anchor or two and gave no side docks?
Med mooring is pretty much the norm in this marina.
Med mooring is pretty much the norm in this marina.
Go out the pilot hose door, step to the dock.
I do use a breast line which can be interesting during high or low tide. Depending upon the tide, the fried eggs cooks on one side of the pan or the other.
Post 90 is what confused me.....
Perhaps I should have said 'stern in first'? Does that clear things up?
My home marina has laid mooring lines and docking assistants usually in a rib but most of the smaller marinas don't and you have to deploy the anchor and go stern-to between other boats with no side dock. Cross winds [Meltemi] an issue too especially in the afternoon and the early evening. On the plus side no tides and usually little or no current and more than proficient at praying due to my Irish Catholic upbringing .
I’m not sure yet what the pecking order will be. I guess you know we can have up to 4 wives here in Turkey so I might just get myself a full crew.Will you have the new wife helping the old wife?
I’m not sure yet what the pecking order will be. I guess you know we can have up to 4 wives here in Turkey so I might just get myself a full crew.
I’m not sure yet what the pecking order will be. I guess you know we can have up to 4 wives here in Turkey so I might just get myself a full crew.
With a BT and ST in each hull, .. I will need all the hands I can muster.
Seriously ... fore and aft thrusting and no more nonsense PLEASE.
Well, the discussion has been all over the place so I will pose my question here to hear your responses and reasoning.
Ships wheel: Destroyer type or the old fashion type and why ??
Availability of dock boys or fellow boater can assist with the spring line.
How close do you need to get the boat to get or toss a line from the boat around a piling or a cleat and back to the boat?
What is a Dock Boy???
Usually doesnt matter. Half the time i see a tossed docking line the coil fouls and it all falls into the drink.
IF every boat owner were honest, we would admit that docking brings on anxiety.
Once safely docked, all lines adjusted, water hose onboard, hooked to shore power, it is 'decompression' time, maybe even a nap.
I agree. Which is why as soon as the lines are secured, the Admiral and I immediately grab cold beers. We hand out beers to anyone who was involved with catching lines and assisting us. Then we pound down our beers, breath a sigh of relief, then commence to cleaning.
I agree. Which is why as soon as the lines are secured, the Admiral and I immediately grab cold beers. We hand out beers to anyone who was involved with catching lines and assisting us. Then we pound down our beers, breath a sigh of relief, then commence to cleaning.
Guess the days of restraint and responsibility are lost on most.