2. V I D E O O V E R V I E W
• General Docking Procedure
• Review Your Tools: Cleat Hitch and Bowline
• Dockline Nomenclature
• Preparing the lines for docking
• Manipulating the lines
• Departure Procedure
3. D O C K I N G P R O C E S S
1. Rig dock lines and fenders as instructed by skipper
• Which lines on which cleats
• Fenders are a separate topic
2. Skipper assigns lines and roles for docking
3. Skipper brings the boat alongside
• Skipper stops the boat
• Crew secures the lines
4. Additional lines secured
1. Fenders and lines adjusted
30. T I E O N T H E L I N E S F O R D O C K I N G
• The skipper will have told you which lines where
• Outside the lifelines
• Usually attached with a bowline
31. R E A D Y D O C K L I N E S F O R G O I N G A S H O R E
• Ready to carry ashore
• Ready to throw (heave) ashore
• Placed somewhere they can be reached easily
33. S E C U R I N G T O T H E D O C K
• Trust your skipper. Do as they instruct.
• The next section will make you dangerous
• Only stop the boat if
• The skipper told you to
• A collision or damage is imminent
• Never put yourself in the way of a collision
34. H A N D I N G A N D S E C U R I N G A L I N E
• Holding means in your hands standing by a cleat
• Securing or cleating means on a cleat
• Half a wrap on a cleat is very powerful
• 270° degree wrap and a cross is “made”
35. S W E AT I N G A L I N E
• “Pull in” “Take up” “Take in” “Shorten”
• Don’t take more off the cleat than you must
• Always remove the final hitch
• Never take off the 270° degree wrap
• Sometimes you remove the cross
• Sweat the line using your weight or legs
• Like a bowstring
• Similar to sweating a halyard
• Fore and aft hand position to take up line
36. E A S I N G A L I N E
• “Ease” “Let out” “Surge”
• “Release” means take it off the cleat altogether
• Don’t take more off the cleat than you must
• Fore and aft hand position, push and pull
• Don’t just push the line
37. D E PA R T I N G
• At least one line will get doubled back to the boat
• Perhaps a fender change
• Free all other lines
• Release doubled line from aboard as directed by the skipper
38. D O C K L I N E H A N D L I N G C H E AT S H E E T
• Keep Lines clear of the prop
• Run docklines so they pay out cleanly
• Use docklines and cleats as instructed
• Unless a collision is imminent
• Never put yourself in the middle of a collision
• Sweating and Surging