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• Coming alongside using just a spring line
  • Can you "paint" a clearer picture here?
    • Spring line leads aft, engine in slow forward.
  • I have, but it works way better with an aft breast spring. That puts the force amidships and
  • Spring line and aft stern line are the first "two" typical lines for us unless in oddball situation
  • I use a dockline with a loop on the end, thrown over the main sheet winch.
  • I use a short mid-ship breast line
    • Re: I use a short mid-ship breast line / I use a short mid ship
  • Found a good writeup on the subject
  • Tug skippers trick
  • My spring line holder
    • Re: My spring line holder
      • Yeah, the line pops out when the holder is pulled back.
        • Nice solution
    • Clever device, Dave. I might give this one a try ...
      • Heck, that's fer non westerners. We jest lasso'em from ten feet away! Yeeeeehah!
      • Another one....
        • Yeah....but......I coulda stepped off the deck onto the dock and tied both lines in the same time..
        • Re: Another one.... Ha... with that kind of maneuverability...
          • Bow and stern thrusters
          • That was one of my thoughts.
  • we call it the Larry Line
    • I like it