"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in
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"Scotty" wrote
| the wind's blowing this bigger boat against the dock and
| you're going to hoist sail and THEN pull the boat INTO
the
| wind by hand???


Well, yeah. But, I'm not talking about really big
boats. I'd say anything up to 25
feet would work that way.


Well you said ''bigger boat''.

A strong man could probably pull a 30 foot boat out in
say 10-15 miles per hour wind.


Have you ever tried it. I can pull my 30'er , bow first
into wind, no sails up, but it's not easy. I wouldn't try
it sideways with a sail up!

SBV