k9medic
Senior Member
I'm not sure why I just thought of this, but with less than a week before my departure to the Bahamas pulling a 16' behind, I wanted to bounce some thoughts off the group regarding locking through with a tender in tow.
From my previous crossings, common sense and experience tell me that the tender would be best tied up next to the mother ship during the lock through.
I plan on using several large ball fenders with two springs lines, a bow and a stern line to pull the tender up close for this.
One lingering questions though is how far back I should be towing the tender while in the OWW. Right now, I have everything set up for "ocean towing" and the tender is riding about 120' behind me. Should I shorten this length for the narrower canal or is it acceptable?
From my previous crossings, common sense and experience tell me that the tender would be best tied up next to the mother ship during the lock through.
I plan on using several large ball fenders with two springs lines, a bow and a stern line to pull the tender up close for this.
One lingering questions though is how far back I should be towing the tender while in the OWW. Right now, I have everything set up for "ocean towing" and the tender is riding about 120' behind me. Should I shorten this length for the narrower canal or is it acceptable?