"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
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| How do you sail off a dock when the wind is on
| the bow? [Assume an end-tie situation] 1 pt.


Attach the line from a small anchor to a cleat on the
front of your boat.
Row the anchor out with your dinghy. Drop the anchor three
or four boat
lengths in front of your bow. Untie the dock lines and
pull on the anchor
line till your over the anchor. Weigh the anchor and off
you go...


3 boat lengths? By the time you weigh anchor you'll be back
crashing on the dock.

SV