"John Lechmanik" wrote in message
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I appreciate the help, from the gist of things, I get that this should be
easily doable, but I need a lot more practice....


The first three weekend that I had my sailboat were spent practicing in the
creek outside the marina. The pontoon hammerheads are arranged in a
semicircle, so we practiced mooring on them, with all angles of wind. After
a few weekends, I knew exactly how the boat would behave in any berthing
situation.

The only thing that I would add to all the good advice that you have already
been given is that you don't need to concentrate on the prop walk. If you
get in a bit of practice in different circumstances, then you will get the
'feel' of the boat. You won't have to know which way the prop kicks because
you will automatically read the situation.

For example, you don't know how far you need to push the brake pedal to slow
your auto down.... your foot knows. If you don't believe me try using your
left foot on the brake - and see what happens! Make sure that you aren't
going too fast when you try this.



Regards


Donal
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