"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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By the way, unless you're med mooring or at some rendezvous or other
gathering where you want your aft deck and transom up to the central
float or pier, there's a very good case to be made for going into the
slip bow first, especially with a single screw.



At the home port (Kingman) I *do* go in bow first because there's no reason
to do otherwise and, like you said, it's a heck of a lot easier. Backing
out is not a problem because it has a hydraulic stern thruster (but no bow
thruster).

The problem at the temporary slip in Scituate is that the finger-slips are
much shorter and, if bow in, they don't extend far enough to get aboard
without climbing under a rail. The GB has three rail "flip ups" (one port,
one starboard and one on the transom rail) but the side ones are too far
back towards the stern to be reached on the short finger pier at Scituate.

Besides ... learning to back this thing up accurately is a new skill to
master.
I used to think a single I/O was difficult. This is much more of a
challenge.

Eisboch