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Old 01-04-2022, 10:58 AM   #8
Bmarler
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City: Olympia
Vessel Name: Rendezvous
Vessel Model: Blue water 40
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Originally Posted by socalrider View Post
My trawler is on a mooring so haven't tried. With my 40' sailboat I could do it singlehanded in a pinch - the trick was to loop the dock line around the dock cleat and tie it back to the ship's cleat so it could be released from the cockpit or deck - make sure the line can run freely & doesn't foul the prop. Normally my stern dock lines would be short enough to prevent fouling, but running the line back to the ship's cleat requires using longer lines (or it did on our sailboat)

Not my favorite thing to do as things can go pear shaped quickly, particularly with a single engine, no thrusters...
fair enough. i can see this working from the cockpit of a sailboat, but i think a trawler presents more of a challenge. (maybe just a longer line from the bridge) the long line is a real wild card. like you say, it'll get pear shaped pretty quickly. big fenders required.
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