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[benjenbav]

The mooring lines will wear out fastest where there is the most friction i.e. where the line moves laterally, up and down and back and forth against the dock cleat. If our hero berths in the same place and uses the same line everytime for the same purpose it will wear out quicker than if the lines are moved around from time to time so that the chafing is distributed more evenly.

 

[Baddox]

The boat in the berth next to mine parks by going in forwards. This means his stern is facing out over. If the same holds for the person in question then he, like me should go in forwards too. Parking like this is easier because the front of the boat is tapered and it is easier to bounce off the pontoon or other boat until the boat is wedge in to roughly the right area and the children can jump off and tie up. If reversing in then the two square sterns meeting together will not give such helpful guidance into the berth and the children have a harder job jumping across the gap.
Unless the weather is particularly bad, then a length of blue floating rope is usually OK to tie up with. If the weather is bad he shouldn’t have been out anyway so wont need to tie up with anything stronger.