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XV Pilot

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Thing to tie up boats with
« on: August 16, 2012, 02:46:40 pm »
Hello.

Another terminology question: What do you call the thingie on the front of a boat that you tie a rope to when parking it somewhere so that it doesn't drift off? (You would also use it to attach the winch when putting the boat on a trailer.)

And for bonus points, where would one get such a thing in 1/10 scale or thereabouts?

Thanks!

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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2012, 02:51:02 pm »
bollards possibly ?
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2012, 04:07:14 pm »
One the deck you might attach your line to a cleat, through a fairlead. or do you mean the D ring under the deck on the keel, where a painter might be attached?
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2012, 04:38:18 pm »
My guess would also be Fairlead and Bollard
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2012, 04:40:37 pm »
Quote from: Stormbringer on August 16, 2012, 02:51:02 pm
bollards possibly ?
No need to be like that!  {-)
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2012, 04:43:27 pm »
lol  O0 {-)
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2012, 05:09:10 pm »
On a yacht you'd call it a cleat, on a ship maybe a bollard. The hole in the bulwarks that the mooring line then passes through is the fairlead.
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2012, 06:34:41 pm »
I'm pretty sure it isn't a bollard - to me that term brings to mind a big metal thing that you'd find on a tug or firmly anchored in concrete on the quayside.

From what y'all say it sounds like it could be a cleat, although the mention of a D-ring also sounds like a possibility.

Perhaps a picture would help? This is the thing I am after:



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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2012, 06:42:29 pm »
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2012, 07:17:38 pm »
Quote from: XV Pilot on August 16, 2012, 06:34:41 pm
Perhaps a picture would help? This is the thing I am after:



Never mind what it's called, I want the boat :}

ps - probably towing eye {:-{
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2012, 09:37:25 pm »
ye its for hooking up to a trailer and winching it up the slipway onto sead trailer
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2012, 01:01:47 am »
If you look on full size boat fitting sites it is known as a 'Bow Eye Bolt'.
I have no idea where you would get a model boat one other than a good bolt engineering supplier would no doubt make you one to a scale drawing for a reasonable charge.
It would need fastening through the hull.
Hope this helps.
John
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2012, 08:30:22 pm »
Thanks, that's great! Now I know what it is called, I can Google some close-up images of the things, and source/make one for my boat. Cheers!
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Re: Thing to tie up boats with
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2012, 12:58:19 am »
If you look at the following web address it should give you a PDF Document with several options of type and the full size dimensions of each which you could scale down:
www.southco.com/resources/documents/M7-Eyes.en.pdf
Cheers
John
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