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Tying at Dock
tommy mc	#1  Posted on 06/15/09 - 7:21 PM
Member Posts: 30 Comments: 2 Joined: 05/29/08	Typically I trailer my boat. I got the chance for a good dock space and took it. How do I tie the boat, a 1987 Montauk 17, to the dock? No cleats are on the boat. The locations that I would add cleats; stern port, bow port, and mid port do not have any wood backing at the locations. The bow does have wood on the flat "step area" but I'm not sure I want to invade that space. Are there any suggestions for using the stern eyes and the bow double norman pin, including the use of a spring line? Edited by Tom W Clark on 06/16/09 - 9:03 AM
Guts	#2  Posted on 06/15/09 - 7:51 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 612 Comments: 8 Joined: 11/21/08	You can sea the way I tie my montauk on my personl page.
Phil T	#3  Posted on 06/16/09 - 6:31 AM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 6994 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	I used the exact setup as Guts, even the same fenders on my classic Montauk. I used the rail stand off brackets, slightly forward of amidships, when spring lines were necessary. I would not install any additional cleats. 1992 Outrage 17 I 2019 E-TEC 90, Viper 17 2+ 2018 Load Rite Elite 18280096VT
Tom W Clark	#4  Posted on 06/16/09 - 9:00 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	I would discourage you from trying to install any cleats; they are not necessary and create tripping/snagging hazards. I tie a Montauk like Guts and Phil do except that the mooring lines (with spliced eyes) are fixed to the lifting rings on the hull. For anything but transient mooring, a spring line should be used. I just loop the eye spice around the forward stanchion of the side rail and run it forward to the first available cleat on the dock.
carter samford	#5  Posted on 06/16/09 - 4:48 PM
Member Posts: 61 Comments: 0 Joined: 10/02/07	The best thing to do with a 17' boat is keep it on the trailer.
A Little Madness	#6  Posted on 06/17/09 - 10:10 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 96 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/01/07	We use something slightly different. The first couple of pictures on our personal page show how we tie up on our floater (which is long & doesn't require a spring line). We use a spring hook that has a swivel eye that we take the looped end of the line thru and tie up the bitter end to the cleat on the dock. Unclip 1 line fore and aft and castoff. When you come back to the dock throw your fenders over the side, grab a line and clip on. You get a little better look at the spring clips (s/s) we use in pics 3 & 4. Our spare docklines we take with us also have these clips (since we leave the others at the dock). I will tell you that we were clipping to the inside lifting lug at the stern but after looking at the other tie-ups the lightbulb went on and I'll be tieing to the outside part of the lug so as not to stress down on the rubrail. Hope this helps as a quick disconnect method. Good Luck. Chris & Dale Schnell "A Little Madness" - 1989 Montauk 17'