[C320-list] Dock Lines

[Jim Brown]

One tip that I've been told is not to have bow lines long enough to reach
the prop. That way with an errant throw (or placement on a piling or dock
cleat) when docking you don't run the risk of fouling the prop. I've always
followed this advice and it could have averted one recent tragedy when a
woman in Oriental, NC threw a bow line when docking and missed and it got
tangled in the prop apparently then pulling her overboard leading to  her
drowning. So I use no more that 25 feet of 5/8 inch for the bow line.

Jim Brown

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Kenny Geist <Kennyge at prodigy.net> wrote:

> I would like some recommendations for the diameter and length of dock lines
> for my 320 as well what type of material.  I am on a mooring but when
> docking at a destination I only have some old crummy lines.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kenny Geist
> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
> Hull # 317 out of Bayside, Queens
>