On my old trot mooring, I had a larger "link line" and in it I had 3 looped bowlines in it, then I would come up alongside, put one loop over the stern cleat first, then walk up the boat hook the next loop over the centre cleat, then the next on the bow. Then I'm on the mooring and the bow and stern lines which are tied to the link line can be picked up and untied and put on the cleats at leisure. I only had one bow and one stern mooring line because the link line stayed on and was effectively mooring a line too, it was also out the water, so not as dirty
What kind of mooring do you use? Is there anything you’d like to see different? What techniques do you use?
On my old trot mooring, I had a larger "link line" and in it I had 3 looped bowlines in it, then I would come up alongside, put one loop over the stern cleat first, then walk up the boat hook the next loop over the centre cleat, then the next on the bow.
Then I'm on the mooring and the bow and stern lines which are tied to the link line can be picked up and untied and put on the cleats at leisure.
I only had one bow and one stern mooring line because the link line stayed on and was effectively mooring a line too, it was also out the water, so not as dirty