FastFission
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2011
- Messages
- 134
Re: First Tow, and other misadventures
That's kind of where I think I'm going. I've already got a nice little boat hook, and I think I'll just have her pick up the dock cleat with a loop on the stern line. I figure I'm going to be going ashore to do the rest of the lines anyway as I'm the "boat nerd" here.FastFission, Here's a suggestion to keep your lovely admiral dry: Get yourself a nice lightweight aluminum boat-hook and hand it to her as you are approaching the dock, have her stay in the boat and put a hook on the cleat from her dry comfortable seat while you hop on the dock and tie everything ship-shape. Also, taking an extra minute to come into the dock nice and slow should give you plenty of
time to get everything in order.
My admiral of 20 years loves to jump up on the bow of the boat like she's in charge of docking. I have to ask her to please sit down and stay in the boat nearly every time! (i may need to hide our boat hook!)