freddofrog
23-05-2007, 01:59 PM
Hi all
Did my boat licence on the weekend and was very impressed how the instructor had his ropes set up so I thought I'd share it with you being the kind hearted soul that I am.;D
On each side there is a rope from the bow bollard, around the aft bollard and finishing off at the miship bollard - see the top brown rope in my wonderful diagram below. (There is also a loop spliced halfway-ish that also slips over the midship bollard to stop the rope dragging in the water). So if anyone happens to fall off, there is always a rope they can grab onto that goes all way round the boat
When launching, take the loops off the midship bollard, attach the end to the aft bollard and you have your launching bridle, piece of cake!
When tying up at the jetty, have the end on the aft bollard, loop over 2 jetty pillons and tie off at the midship bollard. (see bottom rope in diagram) When you pull away from the ramp you simply step in boat, slip rope off rear aft bollard and off you go. No coiling rope around pillons, no jumping from jetty to boat, no walking around to the bow, everything controlled easily and safely from within the boat, nice and simple. Once you're underway, you can return the rope to original position as above so everything is neat and tidy.
And as the ropes are permanently on both sides, everthing is set up ready to go no mater what side you launch or berth on.
For the fender, he had the rope tied to both ends of it. It is set in the same way as attaching a hook to a dropper loop (see my amazing pic below). By adjusting the proportion of the rope "arms" l you can either position it vertically or horizontally and you can also adjust the height when set vertically, pretty cool huh8-) …well I think so.
Then again all you old sea dogs may already know all of this but for a newbie like me I thought it was a great system and I've already modified my ropes and installed 2 midship bollards.:D
Hope all that makes sense...
Cya
ff
Did my boat licence on the weekend and was very impressed how the instructor had his ropes set up so I thought I'd share it with you being the kind hearted soul that I am.;D
On each side there is a rope from the bow bollard, around the aft bollard and finishing off at the miship bollard - see the top brown rope in my wonderful diagram below. (There is also a loop spliced halfway-ish that also slips over the midship bollard to stop the rope dragging in the water). So if anyone happens to fall off, there is always a rope they can grab onto that goes all way round the boat
When launching, take the loops off the midship bollard, attach the end to the aft bollard and you have your launching bridle, piece of cake!
When tying up at the jetty, have the end on the aft bollard, loop over 2 jetty pillons and tie off at the midship bollard. (see bottom rope in diagram) When you pull away from the ramp you simply step in boat, slip rope off rear aft bollard and off you go. No coiling rope around pillons, no jumping from jetty to boat, no walking around to the bow, everything controlled easily and safely from within the boat, nice and simple. Once you're underway, you can return the rope to original position as above so everything is neat and tidy.
And as the ropes are permanently on both sides, everthing is set up ready to go no mater what side you launch or berth on.
For the fender, he had the rope tied to both ends of it. It is set in the same way as attaching a hook to a dropper loop (see my amazing pic below). By adjusting the proportion of the rope "arms" l you can either position it vertically or horizontally and you can also adjust the height when set vertically, pretty cool huh8-) …well I think so.
Then again all you old sea dogs may already know all of this but for a newbie like me I thought it was a great system and I've already modified my ropes and installed 2 midship bollards.:D
Hope all that makes sense...
Cya
ff