HIGH TIDE VERSUS LOW TIDE.
THESE TWO PICTURES WERE TAKEN TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE TYING THE BOAT TO THE DOCK AND COMPENSATING FOR THE TIDE THAT USUALLY CHANGES TWICE A DAY. NOTICE THE ANGLE OF THE LADDER. (NOTE THE PICTURE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE , IT IS MORE RADICAL THAN IT APPEARS)

SOME TIMES YOU WOULD WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND HAVE TO CLIMB UP TO THE DOCK, OTHER TIMES YOU FIND YOURSELF JUMPING DOWN. OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DON'T SPRING YOUR LINES CORRECTLY YOU CAN PULL OUT A CLEAT AND FIND YOUR BOAT SITTING ON AN ANGLE.

I LOVE TO WATCH THE SAIL BOATERS STRUGGLE WITH THEIR LINES!!!! WHOOPS THERE I GO AGAIN.