Dope head...we were "anchored" by a stern line to a piling....you cannot set
an anchor within the marina fairways....bigger duh...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
Give it up, Katy. You giving any advice on sailing or motoring is
tantamount to the Pope giving advice on pedophile priests.
Katy, haven't you heard of using a stern anchor when proceeding
downwind into a slip or dock? Duh!

CN




"katysails" wrote in message
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It's the situation....no place to go forward (unless you really want to
take out the dock...) The situation we were in was with the wind at the
stern at about 30 knots....without a line back to the dock to pivot the
stern as soon as you were abeam you'd just get blown right back...if you
throttled up you got too ,much forward motion and you'd end up pinned to
the backend of the fingerslips and everyone else's boats....
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Sounds like a newbie to me. ''wind is at the stern''? good grief!

Scotty



"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
newsBlQd.43974$K54.1127@edtnps84...
I don't know Scotty..... this "coldcorona"..... smells fishy to me.
:-)

Sailboats belong on a mooring!!

Anyway... anybody who rents a slip in an area they can't access
easily is
just plain stupid.

I can turn my Crab Crusher on a dime and it hates to back up.... fin
keelers
would have no problem in that situation

CM


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Inboard, outboard? Wheel, tiller? Singlehanded, crew? Is the
wind
*ALWAYS* from the same direction? Floating docks?

Practice backing out in the open. Learn to use your prop walk.
Watch
other boats and see what they do.

SV



"coldcorona" wrote in message
oups.com...
Question about a pivot turn, is it possible to turn around a 29'
sailboat in a 40' wide area?
The only space available at a nearby marina are side ties and I'm
worried about whether I can actually dock there.
Before starting the turn the wind is at the stern. On the port
side
is
the marina wall and on the other is the dock. I don't think
there's
much if any current affecting the slip.

The other option is docking with the stern to the wind and when
leaving
backing up for 90 feet.
There are boats in front and behind this slip.

Thanks.