Please ensure you tie down your boat in a manner that helps keep it from bumping your neighbor and floating into or over your dock. On May 31st an estimated 50 boats had to be retied and, in some cases, cut loose to be retied due to our channel’s water level rising over many of our docks. This is not an uncommon occurrence as it has happened many times in years past.
Sunset Shores Yacht Club asks that you take the time to properly secure your boat for the possibility of rising waters. The rising waters left many docks submerged causing many boats to float over the docks. Obviously this can lead to serious damage to both the boat and the dock. The winds pushed several boats into bumping into their neighbor’s. Thank you to the many devoted boaters who volunteered to go around the marina and secure many of the boats in the most serious situations. Here are some tips on a reliable way to secure your boat.
Make sure you have a reasonable amount of line to rise and fall but not too much to sway into your neighbor or float over a submerged dock. Basically, try to keep it centered between the dock and the next boat. Not everything in the illustration is necessary but using your mooring pole and the center pole will help keep you centered. See illustration (curtesy of wikiHow with modifications for SSYC; see license):
