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Old 12-12-2010, 10:12 PM   #12
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RE: Warping

When Don speaks of "warping", it's not the same thing as "springing."
You can use the "capstan' on your boat to "warp" it into a birth. Big boats (Fleming does this) have a capstan in the aft cockpit for this purpose. I have* used the capstan on my windlass for this application when I was trying to dock in a very high wind. I approached the dock, threw a line to the marina attendant, wrapped it around the capstan and "warped" myself to the dock.* This was on my 48 Offshore in the Sea of Cortez .
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