I am new to sailing and I would like to know what a spingline is and how it's rigged?All replies will be greatly appreciated! Thank you all
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H,
Advice on this forum is great.However I would highly recommend that you take a safe boating coarse. Some insurance companies give a break to boat owners that have taken safeboating coarses. I say this because this is a basic boat item. It would be better to learn somethings on land before you are confronted with them on the water. I would like it if you were safe on the water, you and the people on your boat. Answer to your question. If you tie the bow to a cleat on the dock perpendicular to the cleat it is a bow line. If you tie the boat perpendicular to the stern to the dock it is a stearn line. A line that goes from the stern to the dock near the bow is an aft spring line. A line from the bow to the dock near the stearn is a bow spring line. The purpose is to keep the boat from moving fore or aft (forward or backward). I hope that helps. r.w.landau
Advice on this forum is great.However I would highly recommend that you take a safe boating coarse. Some insurance companies give a break to boat owners that have taken safeboating coarses. I say this because this is a basic boat item. It would be better to learn somethings on land before you are confronted with them on the water. I would like it if you were safe on the water, you and the people on your boat. Answer to your question. If you tie the bow to a cleat on the dock perpendicular to the cleat it is a bow line. If you tie the boat perpendicular to the stern to the dock it is a stearn line. A line that goes from the stern to the dock near the bow is an aft spring line. A line from the bow to the dock near the stearn is a bow spring line. The purpose is to keep the boat from moving fore or aft (forward or backward). I hope that helps. r.w.landau
A springline is a line
run at an angle from the boat cleat to the dock. These are usually paired and pull against each other. They are attached as tightly as possible and this forces the boat against the dock but allows for vertical motion of the boat in event of wave action. I agree that a boating course is a good idea. The Coast Guard Auxiliary or a power squadron course is a good place to learn this stuff.
run at an angle from the boat cleat to the dock. These are usually paired and pull against each other. They are attached as tightly as possible and this forces the boat against the dock but allows for vertical motion of the boat in event of wave action. I agree that a boating course is a good idea. The Coast Guard Auxiliary or a power squadron course is a good place to learn this stuff.
Basic Stuff
I would second the suggestion that you take a good basic boating course. If this is not possible, check your local 1/2 price book store for basic books on sailing. Mooring techniques will be covered in nearly any basic book. We could describe a few options but the pictures will be far more informative. Good Luck and enjoy. Jon
I would second the suggestion that you take a good basic boating course. If this is not possible, check your local 1/2 price book store for basic books on sailing. Mooring techniques will be covered in nearly any basic book. We could describe a few options but the pictures will be far more informative. Good Luck and enjoy. Jon
knots
H, My guess everyone who responds to your request will STRONGLY suggest some type of boating course so I will not beat that into the ground, but make sure you and your crew know how to tie and untie a couple of basic knots. You never know when visibility will be limited and you need to tie something down, or equally important, untie it by feel only. I would learn the the half-hitch with figure 8 for dock lines, double-half-hitch, clove hitch and bowline. My crew probably uses every one of those knots every time we take Kittiwake out and to the youngest crew can tie or untie the know by feel only. That means I can tie the knot and the Admiral can untie it knowing it is tied the same way every time. Then again, sometimes she probably wants to practice the noose knot on me, but that is another forum... Enjoy...
H, My guess everyone who responds to your request will STRONGLY suggest some type of boating course so I will not beat that into the ground, but make sure you and your crew know how to tie and untie a couple of basic knots. You never know when visibility will be limited and you need to tie something down, or equally important, untie it by feel only. I would learn the the half-hitch with figure 8 for dock lines, double-half-hitch, clove hitch and bowline. My crew probably uses every one of those knots every time we take Kittiwake out and to the youngest crew can tie or untie the know by feel only. That means I can tie the knot and the Admiral can untie it knowing it is tied the same way every time. Then again, sometimes she probably wants to practice the noose knot on me, but that is another forum... Enjoy...
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