Dock Line Setup?

[puzle]

Wanted to get some comments of this dock line setup. This is temporary as these are 8ft whips and I need at least 12ft. But I think that I will end up with something like this.

With the Sport whips can be a pain as they hit the T-Top but I think I can deal with it as I get better at docking.

How are you lake guys setting up your lines for easy launch and dock?

I was also thinking of going with Wake Watchers

 

[Julian]

@Murf'n'surf is experienced in the proper line setup....

 

[Murf'n'surf]

Looks like you got the idea but that black line to the tower concerns me. The t-top is not constructed well enough to be running spring lines off of it. Actually, you have stumped me as to weather spring lines are used in the whip mooring setup. Bottom line, get longer whips, get rid of the black line to the t-top, and use the black lines as spring lines. Run from your rear boat cleat to the front dock cleat and the front boat cleat to the rear dock cleat. Spring lines keep you from drifting fore and aft.

 

[puzle]

Run from your rear boat cleat to the front dock cleat and the front boat cleat to the rear dock cleat. Spring lines keep you from drifting fore and aft.

Thanks for the reply. Heading back up this weekend and will look to adjust. Having said that two guys on the lake are using Wake Watchers and that setup would remove the whips hitting the T-Top. Might end up being a cleaner setup.

 

[InmyElement]

Relatives just bought a house on the lake with a dock. I'm thinking Wake Watchers so far to protect my baby when I visit or stay over...aluminum dock with steel vertical poles....just saying it makes me cringe of gel coat scratches.. Anyone have any experience with Wake Watchers?
Wake Watcher
Happy Boating!

 

[puzle]

I switched to a wake watcher setup the next year for a few reasons. The main one was the tower would hit the poles.
I used some climbing gear to make a simple clean two attachment point setup. With this setup I have only have to push thru the smalle line into the cleats and have all other lines secured. Very fast and solid.

 

[Liveto99]

There is no tide you do not need spring lines. Just a line on the bow in the Stern so you can pull a boat in to get on it. If you put the stern line a little behind the boat and the bow line a little in front of the boat you could get away with the small whips. They will never hit the T top because the boat won’t go forward or back where they could touch it.