Stu, have you tried a single tie to your primary winch? The geometery of the C34 is very similar to a C30 so it is likely the correct location. If someone is on the dock to give you a hand you can throw them a spring line that is looped over the winch which they can take a wrap on the Bull rail. Once I have that one line to the dock, I am secure.Too kind. As Les may attest, I was HORRIBLE in Ganges in July. Simply horrible, starboard side to, being blown off the dock. Bull rails. The savior was the deck hand who muscled me in.
Honesty...
Stu - what happens on a cruise stays on the cruise. I’m not one to kiss and tell (unless it’s really a good story)Too kind. As Les may attest, I was HORRIBLE in Ganges in July. Simply horrible, starboard side to, being blown off the dock. Bull rails. The savior was the deck hand who muscled me in.
Honesty...
Hayden,Ward, on my Mk2 C30 the docking pivot point is the primary winch. I have a line with a spliced eye on one end and a large loop on the other. The length between the eyes is such that when it is stretched tight my bow pulpit is 18" from the power pedestal when it is on the aft-most cleat on my finger pier. When docking I drop the spliced eye on the winch and use the boat hook to drop the big loop over the dock cleat. I came in this past week with 10+ knots of wind 90º off the dock and single tied with no drama. the only change to my normal procedure was that I needed about 1200 rpms to pull it over to the dock instead of the normal idle.
I am moored on a 32' finger pier with port side tie when bow-in so I am on the opposite side. Not sure if that matters. The primary thing is to find something that works for your boat. On Papillon, I tried a single line tie to my mid-ship springline cleats but that turned to bow to port or into the pier. I tried the stern cleat but that swung the bow to starboard or away from the pier. On the winch, with wheel centered and in forward at an idle, the boat is parallel to the pier and I can use the rudder to bring the bow closer or farther from the pier.Hayden,
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the piling with the white bumper is forward of the winch and the track cleat I mounted on the genoa track.
When I tried using the cleat or winch, the boat pivoted on this piling, pushing the bow to port. That's why I was a bit confused, multiple people has said to use the winch but in my case it didn't work.
Thanks
Spoken like a true Fishing boat Captain (or brilliant engineer).try to use the prop to control speed so it just gently comes tight and then shift into forward to maintain position.