Thanks Steve... yeah, the boat is set up such that the stronger winter storms do blow it away from the dock.

I went by the other day as we were getting into a weak spring/summer rain event with wind, and it was blowing opposite of normal... putting me right into the dock... I cringed watching the several fenders crush with each gust... and started thinking that there had to be a better way to secure the boat.

I'm gonna play with some bow spring lines on the port bow... see if I can use a bit of "spring" force to hold the stern further out...