silverback wrote:
"Jeff" wrote in message

Good Grief, what a wimp! Tell me how professional you feel when the club
launch fouls on your anchor line while you're rowing back in the dink.

What a total idiotic comment that is Jeff! The only whinning wimp I can see
here is you spouting force loads of 700 to 1000 lbs. Hogwash!


When you sober up you might consider re-reading the original question
and all the posts in this thread. If you can't sail your boat off the
dock in the conditions stated, singlehanded, even in a 30 knot breeze,
you don't deserve to own a boat.

Sailing a dinghy or even a small keel boat off of a lee dock is
one of the basic maneuvers that you have to learn. If you have any
concerns, you are permitted to practice it a few times when the dock is
empty. Or even find an unused dock to practice on in different
conditions.

Big difference between a punt and a boat Jeff!!!!

And I conceded it could be a problem in a larger boat, but the last
few posts concerned Ellen's boat. And this thread isn't about lee
docks, I just included that because if Ellen practiced, she could
probably do it with her boat.



Casting off is a useful skill, worth learning in its own right. But
spending half an hour doing when someone else can just hop in the boat and
sail off, doesn't look too professional.

Yeah Jeff... you can sail off a lee dock in gale force winds without a kedge
and no auxilliary! Shure Jeff! Tell us about the time you sailed backward
for six hours now....

I don't think I've ever done it for more than 30 minutes.

This thread isn't about lee docks or gale forces.


Thing is... none of you have ever handled a large vessel with no auxillary
off a lee dock.... you are talking bull****! I have handled as such... and
it's obvious that you're totally devoid of any experience regarding this
matter.

This thread is actually about leaving the dock with the wind on the
bow. I've done this thousands of times in small boats and a number of
times in larger boats, even a few time with the cat when conditions
were right.



As Bart said... shut up and listen to people with actual experience here.
It's obvious you have none.

Right. You're claiming that when the wind is on the bow, a small
keelboat, or even a larger one, can't be sailed off the dock. I think
you just shown you have less experience than Bobspit. Sober up,
Mooron, and rethink your position on this one.