Coiling excess dock lines
Organizing dock lines is a hot topic for mariners. Next time you are walking down your dock, check out your neighbor’s excess dock lines. Last weekend while Scott was working on the engines, I decided to walk the docks. I was amazed as to how many different ways people organize their dock lines. I remember when we first arrived to Elliott Bay Marina. Scott and I were walking down the dock with my brother-in-law, Kurt and we came upon the lines below. They were so neat, that he said he wanted to mess them all up. LOL
The main lines (bow, spring & stern) on our boat are 3/4″ and very thick. The bow and stern cleats also hold the spring lines, so it’s difficult for us to neatly organize a 50′ line that is so thick. We certainly could do better though!
We do have a another bow line we use, to help keep the stern close to the dock, which is much smaller. Since it’s on the main walk way, we try to keep it neatly organized.
Here are some other dock lines on our dock at Elliott Bay Marina that are fairly neat and organized.
Messy dock lines
Then there are these dock lines and they just scream “Hey, don’t really care what we look like”. 🙂
How do you organize your dock lines? Do you have any madness or superstition about your reasoning? Leave us a note and share with us how you organize. We’d love to see your photos too, so you can email them to us and we’ll share with our readers.
Happy Boating! Scott and Ally
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