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Old 12-12-2010, 04:36 PM   #3
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RE: Warping

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nomadwilly wrote:

Don,
Not sure what your'e driving at. Sounds like your'e using a piling to swing a boat into a bulkhead.
Eric, something like that.* It must be mainly an East coast thing as there seems to be more fixed docks here.* Some of our floating docks have a pilng between the twin slips as you enter.* Some have a piling at the end of the float.* Without the piling it is a little difficult to lasso a cleat or tie onto a bull rail.* I would not try to warp around a sharp or rough corner at the end of a float.* Very few have a roller on the corners for this, but some do.* From what I have seen of your area the floats are seldom in pristine condition.

I can tell you that with pilings and fixed docks, it works extremely well with a single screw trawler.* You can really control which way the stern is going to move when backing in.* With a deck crew that is trained in the use, there would seldom be need for a thruster.

Maybe some of the old salts can chime in with their knowledge.

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