How to TIE UP in any Boat Slip--Fixed or Floating | Sailing Wisdom

• June 01, 2025 by Rigging Doctor |
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Dock lines are a crucial component in mooring your boat in your slip. Beit tying to a full length finger pier or against a stone seawall, how you tie up will determine how safely your boat remains there.
In this video, Herby and Maddie go over the basics of entering and exiting a slip, as well as choosing various methods to tie up in the common slip setups. They discuss T-head, single slips, and double slips, as well as fixed and floating piers with respect to tidal variances.
In a follow up video, we will discuss the materials that make it all possible and look into the rope choices that are available for dock lines themselves!

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0:00 Intro
1:14 Untying the boat to leave the dock
2:30 Walking the boat out of the slip
3:40 Leaving the slip
4:32 The most important thing
4:54 Sail through Baltimore's Inner Harbor
6:13 Coming into the slip
7:41 Boat etiquette when tying up
8:31 Mechanics of Tying Up
9:12 Single Slip Setup (Ideal Setup for Long Term Staying)
12:15 Double Slip Setup
14:52 T-Head Setup (Ideal Setup for Coming and Going)
19:11 Tying to a Fixed Piling
21:25 Fixed Pier Setup
25:27 Untying lines to get out of your slip
28:31 Conclusion
31:50 What is your favorite trick?
32:06 Outro

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