Wendy R. writes and asks:
Hello
I have a 58″ Hattaras power yacht. Recently, I moved aboard for the summer. The lines are so NOISY at night, I can hardly sleep. It is at the dock, tied to finger piers on both sides. Although in a protected Bay, the marina has no real breakwater and is extremely active, with lots of tidal currents. The boat is very “squirrelly” when tied up. Not only does the boat move with the wind and tide, but the docks shift as well. With winds over 40 knots the past few days, the movement is clearly a probelm. My dock lines are wearing out really fast. I need to use some type of snubber and noticed your system online.
Obviously, I would need the F3 weight.
Which length would be best for my dock-line use?
Hi Wendy -
Sounds like quite the rock and roll going on-and that’s a big boat for all that movement.
I’d suggest our 24″ F3 Shockles integrated into your docklines. Because of the size of your boat, you might even need to have them doubled up (side by side) to get the shock absorbsion your need.
I assume you have fairly large dock lines (3/4″?) so attaching the Shockles with a clove hitch would not be the best way. I’d suggest attaching the Shockles to your lines using our SofTies. This would make them easy to attach, remove, and adjust – making sure you have them in the right place with the right amount of stretch.
If possible, you might want to wrap the SofTie around your dock line twice to insure that it doesn’t slip. The SofTie also decreases the wear on your line (as opposed to attaching the Shockle using a clove hitch).
Key to the system will be to be sure that there isn’t too much slack in your dockline between the carabiners. We suggest no more than 6″ of slack (meaning that the length of line between the carabiners be no more than 30″ when using a 24″ Shockle). This will give you the Shock absorbsion you need without too much movement. Again, if you find that with your boat size and water conditions that the Shockles are stretching too easily, you can simply add a second one in tandem with the original one.
Hope this helps. We’ve used Shockles on the dock lines for our boat for a long time with great results in quieting things down, as well as saving lots of wear and tear on our cleats and lines.
Eric Sanford
President
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