"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in
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No one can give you a good answer without knowing a good deal more about
your set-up.
For instance: How closely spaced are the outboards, are they both
righthand/left hand wheels, are they counter rotating (inboard turning,
outboard turning)...so forth and so on.
Best bet, find out this info then find someone in your area with a
similar set-up who seems (from observation) to know how to handle his/her
boat, and ask for help.

otn





"Joe" wrote in message
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I am new to boating and would like to get some opinions on docking and
how it "should" be done. I have a Wellcraft 270 Coastal with twin
Evinrude 200's.

-When docking (perpendicular) should I be steering the boat when
maneuvering or using the engines to spin the boat 90 degrees? I'm
having a hard time with spinning it and keeping it where it needs to
be. ARG!!! So far every time I've tried to spin it I've had to
abandon that effort and steer it in. It works but I don't want to get
accustom to doing that if it's actually easier to use the engines.

ANY helpful advice on this subject would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Interesting question. I'm just lurking here, so I'll tag on another
question that might be related. Inboards, even when in neutral, exert
some force on the boat that can be used to move in a certain
direction. Do outboards do this?