Is this what you mean by "singled up"

[Danny Jo]

If someone asked me to "single up" I'd have to ask what he or she meant. If the reply came back "Arrange the mooring lines for slipping", I'd ask "What, all of them?"

 

[dolphin]

single up

when the pilot says "single up" fore and aft - the master understand to prepare the ship with one rope leading forward and one spring, and on the stern the same configuration - one aft + one spring! all other ropes are on board ! usually at that time the tugs are alongside to assist departure !
this expression has nothing to do with boats !
hope this help
regards

 

[peterb]

I tend to use "rig a bow breast line (or whatever) as a slip". Often that means rig a new warp as the slip, then take off the old one. If other people talk about 'singling up' then usually their meaning is clear from the context. If it isn't clear, then ask.

 

[ferrymaniom]

I would take it to mean that you have taken in all but a minimum of lines at each end and are then ready for an immediate departure.

On a big ship it would be as described, on a yacht it could involve the rigging of slip ropes, but I would always have at least one line at each end.

Our little boat is usually berthed head to the usual river current and prevailing wind and we single up to a breast line forward and a spring aft. As they are permanent moorings, we don't use a slip as we know were coming back and can easily pick them up again.

 

[prv]

Our little boat is usually berthed head to the usual river current and prevailing wind and we single up to a breast line forward and a spring aft. As they are permanent moorings, we don't use a slip as we know were coming back and can easily pick them up again.

I too have permanent lines at my berth, attached to the cleats with big galvanised bow-shackles. To cast off alone I can usually just throw them off in no particular order (though starting with any slack ones), step back into the cockpit, and motor away. Although the river does run through the pontoons, she doesn't drift away fast enough to really go anywhere in the time it takes me to get back to the throttle and tiller.

The main exception is when there's a strongish offshore breeze, in which case the bow will blow off far enough that I can't really reverse without powering into the pontoon. That's the time I take one of the permanent shore lines and hitch it round a shroud, to be released from the cockpit as we start to move backwards.

Pete