I am definitely trying this the next time I've got the Bush Hawk in the water!

Wow and cool.

Every few years, we charter a boat at Anacortes and cruise into the San Juans and Gulf Islands. Some of the kids who work the docks are that talented--and some of the female persuasion are nice to look at, too! Do anything enough times, and it becomes second nature, right?

Cary

Damn that's slick!

Ha! That's the first thing all the new lineboys at Kenmore learn every summer, pretty funny to watch them practice. Does come in handy when trying to impress all the drunken yacht-ies in Roche Harbor.

Hell, that's the easy part......getting safely alongside n a wind, and grabbing a bow line while leaping gracefully to the dock and snagging that cleat is the hard part.

Dock hands?? What are they?

Oh, yeah, add in ice on float deck and dock to make it a bit more sporty.....

MTV

mtv wrote:Hell, that's the easy part......getting safely alongside n a wind, and grabbing a bow line while leaping gracefully to the dock and snagging that cleat is the hard part.

Dock hands?? What are they?

Oh, yeah, add in ice on float deck and dock to make it a bit more sporty.....

MTV

I think that's one of the reasons one of my SES instructors last summer said that I wouldn't be a real seaplane pilot until I'd fallen in--guess I'm not a real one, yet, regardless of what the FAA says.

Cary

Went in over my head at a dock on Afognak Island, when the walk wire broke. Never trusted walk wires since........ Fortunately, fished out rapidly by the resident. Dragged inside and dried out....about 31 F at the time.

You may or may not be a "real" seaplane pilot till you've gone swimming, but do it enough, and you will.

MTV

mtv wrote:Went in over my head at a dock on Afognak Island, when the walk wire broke. Never trusted walk wires since........ Fortunately, fished out rapidly by the resident. Dragged inside and dried out....about 31 F at the time.

You may or may not be a "real" seaplane pilot till you've gone swimming, but do it enough, and you will.

MTV

Thanks for the encouragement! Same rule in boating, though--and that's happened a few times in the last 63 years (started boating at age 8 ).

Cary

In Hawaii we use spliced eyes and chain on the dock cleats. Issues like tsunamis, hurricanes and 20' surf seem to find their way into the harbors at times! Also, the Trades are relentless bouncing boats for months at a time.

But, for a quick mooring that style and brevity rocks! Amazing! Thanks for the video!

Here's a couple of pix of the dollies who did the quick tie-offs at Roche Harbor, WA, last summer:





Oh, being a TOF can be disappointing!

Cary