Greenline 40
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DANGER!
Wear your life-jacket ; In heavy weather,
wear the safety harness and hang you on the boat.
Keep the transom door(s) closed and padlocked at sea.
MOORING
A sufficient number of mooring ropes, of adequate dimensions and suitable for the environment
should be on board.
- Always manoeuvre the boat with the engine,
- Handle the boat consistent with the current and wind,
- Protect the boat with suitably-sized fenders,
- Always keep the ropes unfolded and home,
- Handle the boat at slow speed.
DANGER!
Never try to stop the boat with your foot, your hand or a boat-hook.
When taut:
- Protect the ropes from chafing with plastic sleeves,
- Make allowance for the tide, as the case may be.
TOWAGE
Tug:
Tow slowly and avoid tightening and slackening.
Be especially watchful when sending or catching the tow-line: Propeller may be fouled by a line during
these handlings.
Stability can be reduced when towing.
Towed boat:
Keep steering and be careful not to stray from tug's wake.