rpengr wrote:
wkearney99 wrote:
Like the line in Ghostbusters... don't cross the bow lines, that would be bad...
I dissagree. Having the lines crossed is a good idea for those that need to live bouncing due to boat waves, and changing tide levels (non floating dock).
FourWinnPhil wrote:
I have a cheap and easy solution. Go to home depot, go to the plumbing section, look for 1/4 inch pipe insulation. Its made of resilient foam rubber. Feed the line through the foam rubber and attach zip ties at both ends. This will keep the rubber from sliding. It may cost you 5 bucks. Sounds hokey, but it works.
This sounds like a good idea.
I'm in a fixed dock and do not cross the bow lines. I do cross the stern. Works out perfectly. It's the spring line that controls where the boat goes when the tide is higher. For a while I also used some rubber line 'snubbers' to control the amount of slack in the bow lines as the tide came up. But with fine-tuning of the rest of the lines they weren't really necessary.
The rubber insulation isn't going to hold up. Not with direct UV sunlight, nor the lines rubbing. They do sell line covers made out of UV resistant material. They're designed more to avoid having the boat chafe through the lines. But since you don't need to cross the bow lines, why bother?
For my stern cleated spring line I've put fleece tube around where it might rub the stern quarter of the hull. They're mainly intended as covers for bimini poles to avoid the heated metal burning clear vinyl windows. But it's worked a treat for the line also.