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"Roger Long" wrote:

For those of you who read and responded to my docking angst:

It’s a great feeling when it starts coming together. We returned late
yesterday afternoon tired and burnt from our first overnight and
headwinds all the way back, snip

, a neighboring transient boat owner ran over
and then just stood there as the lines went ashore and the boat
stopped. He said, "I was going to help but the young men seem to have
it completely under control. They really know what they are doing."
That made everybody feel pretty good.

Well done! You've gotten it smoothed out enough that you can come in
dog-tired, the landscape can change (that mast) and you still look
good...

Here’s our undocking procedu

Cast off lines.

snip of Murphy in action
Motor sedately away as if it was all planned.

Yes, it’s great when it all starts coming together.

Yup, ain't it? Make sure you tell the crew how good they made the
skipper look.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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