Tying up to a fixed dock

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Tying up to a fixed dock

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We have a nice wide slip and a tide change of generally less than up 4 feet or down 4 feet. In order to allow for the rise and fall, the lines obviously have to have slack in them. Unfortunately, due to the slack, the lines sit in the water a lot and get cruddy. Does anyone have a good trick for suspending them out of the water without constricting them? The slides advertised in Sail Mag don't look reliable to me.
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Re: Tying up to a fixed dock

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we've used old window sash weights run thru a pulley on the piling or dock and then to the mooring line. holds the mooring line out of the water.
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Re: Tying up to a fixed dock

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Here is what I use and I will never use anything else at my dock:

http://www.tideslide.com

And my next door neighbor uses these, even more awesome but double the price:

http://www.slidemoor.com/

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a. They get crudy. Who cares. It's a boat.

b. Springlines are probably needed too.

c. With only 4 feet of movement, they really should not be in the water much, if they are tied correctly. Play with the adjustments. With the lines cris-crossed, very little slack is needed, and the lines do stretch. One thing that can help is to stay on the boat through a tide cycle--it is how you will learn how the boat moves.


That said. the tide slides look nice.
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