Snubbing Hard Rib to transom during maneuvering

[whaler23]

Have a transom with no swim platform, transom door. RIB is a 12' Triumph Hard Rib with Center console and cleats front and rear for mooring. When leaving or approaching docks need to secure boat to transom for slow maneuvering. My question is what's best method to do this. Tie along side or what would be easier is snubbed against transom. My concern with transom snubbing is rolling the boat when moving around, even though it's dead slow. Thoughts?

 

[REBrueckner]

First be sure the end of your RIB facing the dock does NOT stick beyond your beam....

On the few occasions I maneuvered dockside with a small boat in the water, I just tied it short on the opposite stern cleat...or even mid ship cleat...the side away from the dock....on a short enough line it can't get mixed up with my props.

 

[sandspur1966]

Really depends on the situation when you are docking.

If laying to on a face dock I tie off the tender "on the hip" along the outboard side (i.e port side if you are docking starbord to.)

If you are backing in to a slip, there is really no way I can think of to manage both vessels. In this situation I send the tender in first with someone on board and if it is just the two of us, I have her meet me at the slip to catch a spring after tying off the dink.

Tying off athwart the transom underway is a recipe for an overturned tender in my opinion.

 

[Jim saco]

I tie my tender from it's forward cleat to my bow cleat leaving about 6 to 10 feet on the opposite side to were I'm backing down to. This is after my cruise when I'm making my run into the yacht club at slow speed. The tender bumps off the side so this will only work with a tender with inflatable sides. When I back down into my slip the tender floats out away from the bow. I have been doing it that way for years. I suppose it could be done in the opposite making sure you keep the line short enough that you don't fowl your props.