Tying up to a pontoon

[Poignard]

Being nearly always single handed I have a good bow fender and good stern fenders. I drive the boat into the berth, fwd or reverse doesn't matter and drive up to touch the pontoon. I then leave it in drive and give it a few more revs. The boat can't go anywhere and I just step off and make, good. (..)

That's an interesting and simple technique that so far I've only seen used in France where it is becoming increasingly common. It does work very well although I haven't tried it myself because I don't have a bow fender.

No doubt the tiller has to be put over towards the pontoon to keep the stern in.

 

[DaveS]

Maybe they aren't fixed?

They are fixed in the sense that they have spliced loops at each end so that their length remains fixed. They are not permanantly affixed to either boat or pontoon.