Good idea. Seems you could just keep the rig up front on the pulpit out of the way until you wanted to use it. Here's a nice fitting I just found a picture of. http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/29352-Tug-Eyes-Towing-... From: John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 10:34 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Bow Eye or not to Bow Eye A bit of a side comment on this part: On 05/31/2018 10:16 AM, Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats wrote: ...
1. ... I want to have one of those big pool noodles to put aroundthe line as a float/stiffener to keep the mooring ball away from my nice boat and have the whole thing near water level. I learned the hard way the last time when my boat drifted around and around and around the ball, eventually wound up stuck to it. Seems therehas to be a better way.
For holding off a mooring, if you set up a triangle rig, using lines through stiff HDPE pipe ("poly pipe") or PVC pipe, with one point on the mooring ball and two points on your boat - such as at the bow or close to it, and then at least several aft on one side - your boat will be held off the ball or tire or whatever it is. It can go 'round and 'round with wind/current, but the lines won't wrap and you won't bump the mooring. Wish I had a picture...saw this a couple years ago when I was on a friend's Ranger 20 in the San Juans. Some guy next mooring over in a Great Pelican had this setup. It was so obvious when we saw it. cheers, John S. -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com