GL: Mooring - DO NOT Give up control of your vessel to shore side folks

[Ralph Yost (home)]

Ditto.
Our single engine trawler is also equipped with a bow thruster and as such, 
I can control the bow much easier than the stern. Therefore I usually want 
to the stern tied before the bow. I like the way you have defined to your 
crew that NO ACTION on their part takes place until YOU specify it. 
Conditions change when docking, and YOU have to be in control to be able to 
deal with them accordingly.We also have to safeguard our hand railing which 
is slightly beyond the rub rail of the side of the boat.
Dock hands cant be expected to know these specific things about our boat, 
and many people assume the bow to be secured first.
R.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Seasalt007 at aol.com>


>I have briefed my wife on this. She is not to throw a line to anyone until 
>I
> tell her to. On our single engine trawler, with bow thruster, the last 
> thing
> I  want is a tight bow line. I position the boat so that she can hand a 
> stern
> line  to the attendant and then I ease the bow over with the  thruster.