Any Port in a Storm?
While Jessie and Will were held captive at the Nassau airport, Steve and I spent the day after our arrival at the marina in Nassau preparing for our next guest, Daniele, a former coworker and good friend of ours from Siemens. Relaxed Afternoon with Daniele We also spent time adjusting Starry Night's dock lines since we had been placed in a "double-wide" slip, C2, as shown below. This meant that we had short lines on our starboard side so that we could get on and off the boat, but very long lines on the port side so that we could tie-off to the pilings on the port side dock. We also had lines from the stern to the dock behind us but the choice of attachment points was quite limited. The process of tying up to a dock is actually much more complicated than it seems at first blush. Each degree of freedom needs to be considered to ensure that the boat is not pushed into the dock as the wind shifts and tide changes. + Marina Map Securing Starry Night in a Double-Wide Spa