Proper tie-up

Boat Tie Up Requirements

The requirements for mooring a boat in the WKYC basin is designed to prevent damage to your boat, damage to the WKYC docks, and other boats.
You are required to use appropriately sized mooring lines with snubbers.
Either rubber or spring steel snubbers are to be used on tie lines of less than 10 feet in length.
A properly secured boat should be held by a minimum of four lines.
Lines are to be correctly secured to boat and dock cleats to ensure lines are kept snug to avoid lines drooping into the water or boats drifting in the slip.
Fenders are to be used to prevent boat from contact with the docks.
Fenders are to be hung from the boat cleats and not fastened to the dock.
A good practice is using fenders between your boat and the boat sharing the same berth with your boat.
Tie up lines are to be a minimum of ½ inch in diameter.
Tie up lines are to be of design approved for mooring a boat.
Polypropylene lines are not permitted to be used to tie up the boat. These typically are yellow in color but can also be other colors.
Bungee type lines are not permitted for use as main tie up moorage ropes.
Bungee type lines may be used to assist alignment of the boat in the slip along with moorage ropes.
Please review and make yourself familiar with the following diagrams.