[Alberg30] Mooring to a dock!

[George Dinwiddie]

I'd say all you need are four breast lines, port and starboard, bow and 
stern, and perhaps one or two spring lines to keep the boat from hitting 
anything hard.

  - George

Yves Parenteau wrote:
> good morning everyone!
> 
> I took possession of my A30 on Sunday afternoon "Chewan hull #626" in
> Kingston and motored her in Treasure Island that night.  We took her out
> yesterday in the 40 acres for a sail test and to my surprise got the toe
> rail in the water and almost 7 knots.  Keep in mind that my only sailing
> experience was on the Ottawa river and this kind of sailing occurred 3 times
> in the year. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions on how to moor
> an A30 to a dock...right now I must have about 500' of mooring line wrap
> around her and still not convince she is well secured.

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   Hope your road is a long one.                        George Dinwiddie
   May there be many summer mornings when,       gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
   with what pleasure, what joy,                 http://www.Alberg30.org
   you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time;
                                            from 'Ithaka' by C.P. Cavafy
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