Mid-Ship Cleat
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Another option from Amazon $39.95 for 2
Amazon.com : Docking Stick Boat Hook Adapters (2 in Package) : Boat Fenders : Sports & Outdoors
Amazon.com : Docking Stick Boat Hook Adapters (2 in Package) : Boat Fenders : Sports & Outdoors
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I added this to our last boat O'Day 34. LOVED IT.We've had the Scaefer's for several years now, excellent quality and easy to move. Good addition to the boat.
Fell in love with mid-ship cleats when sailing with a cantankerous engine. Mid-ship cleats took the stress out of dead engine docking. In one memorable docking with a small-craft wind blowing me out of slip, the mid-ship cleat saved my butt.
The book Stress Free Sailing by Duncan Wells has pages of illustrations using mid-ship cleats for docking and getting underway.
Having an extra tie point sure feels good when the occasional gale blows in. Nothing like having a dock line chafe to the last strand to appreciate additional lines.
I sail pretty much every week, and yes a few times a year a jib sheet gets caught. Mostly because the crew - me - got sloppy. Easy to clear. The spin sheet never has been caught.
I used to use it as a preventer tie point. Only good in light wind, as the forces are too great at the angle of boom to mid-ship cleat to be safe on any sizeable wind. MorganCloud's blog has a convincing article on this point.
The book Stress Free Sailing by Duncan Wells has pages of illustrations using mid-ship cleats for docking and getting underway.
Having an extra tie point sure feels good when the occasional gale blows in. Nothing like having a dock line chafe to the last strand to appreciate additional lines.
I sail pretty much every week, and yes a few times a year a jib sheet gets caught. Mostly because the crew - me - got sloppy. Easy to clear. The spin sheet never has been caught.
I used to use it as a preventer tie point. Only good in light wind, as the forces are too great at the angle of boom to mid-ship cleat to be safe on any sizeable wind. MorganCloud's blog has a convincing article on this point.
If Catalina gives you the option, have them install the cleat a couple of feet aft of midships. This is a much better location for the single handed docking maneuver mentioned earlier. The location is also unlikely to catch jib sheets compared to farther forward.