Now that's just being wimpy. Unless you had a barge tight on the
stern, you should be able to spin your boat off just by backing the
jib. With a bit of coordination you could even use a spring line to
pull the stern forward along the dock so you'd need little if any
clearance on the stern.


silverback wrote:
clearence requirements required to be clarified.

Tight and I would elect the method for lee dock conditions.

CM

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How do you sail off a dock when the wind is on
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