[C320-list] Docking Tool

[Leonard Hooks]

Tom,

I have used the Docking Stick for two years now and highly recommend it.
https://www.dockingstick.com/

Our slip is on the end of a boat house so we only have dock on one side and it is very low to the water, so jumping off and corralling the boat is not a good option.  This device connects to a normal boat hook and works great.  I set it so the line goes through the genoa sheet rollers and to a wench and then when I hook a cleat, I just grab the line on the wench a pull the boat to a stop.  It make single-handing on a windy dock very manageable.

Leonard Hooks
SV Revelation #856
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> On Apr 24, 2021, at 4:50 PM, Tom Grass <tgrass462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My wife is going to have rotator cuff surgery next month.  I'm looking at
> products that might help US to come into a dock under more control.
> Usually I am at the helm and she is on the bow.  Here is a product I saw on
> facebook (youtube video:  https://youtu.be/zi936rcrZCY) that could possibly
> assist us.  The initial thought is that my wife would use the pole to
> capture the cleat and I would then pull the line tight from the helm.
> 
> Have any of you had a similar problem?  What are your opinions of this
> product (on the youtube video? )   Any ideas of what else might help during
> her recovery.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Tom & Tracy Grass
> S/V Bucket List
> 2008 Catalina 320 MK II
> # 1135