"Joe" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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Do you have a current were you dock?

Yes. It varies, sometimes it goes one way, and sometimes it goes the
other
way.

Thats called a tidal current you on-shore yachtmaster.


Thanks! I'll try to remember that.




When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I don't really mind it. It tends to help.


Yeah I agree.


I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

I know what you mean. Idiots driving big boats at silly speeds.

Most likely onshore yachtmasters that have no clue that they are
responsible for their wakes.

Nah! The main offenders are the pilot boats. If anybody else broke the
speed limit the way they do, the police would prosecute them.







Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

It would be cheaper to get a clue!

Perhaps you should buy one then.

Clue absorbtion is usually free. However, there are some potential
problems.

Factors that can impede tha absorbtion of "clue" include "Thick skull",
"Red neck", and to a lesser extent, "Texas". That's why I think that you
should get a right hand wheel!




On reflection, it might be easier to get a right hand wheel.




Regards

Donal
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