On Sep 14, 10:46 am, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:48:43 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Can you imagine the boats on either side watching Eisboch backing into
his slip.
At least he has finger piers on each side. My least favorite dock
arrangement is finger piers with two boats between them and no center
piling. It requires a great deal of care to avoid the other boat when
you back in.

It's funny ... I find it easier to judge where I am when the boats on either
side are in their slips. When they are both out, it's more difficult for
some reason.

I hear you on the 30-inch props also. The Navigator has 30-30s and even
though it's a much heavier boat, it responds sharply to forward/reverse
adjustments when backing in. I don't know what the wheel is on the little
GB, but there's very little "bite" when you change direction. It often
takes a bit of a jab on the throttle to get it to respond. Unless it is
flat calm, I don't even try to back all the way in .... I just get the stern
between the finger piers far enough to grab the lines and haul it back by
hand.

Eisboch

Don't feel bad...that's sort of how I load my Parker (and how I loaded
the previous Parker) on the trailer. I tie the boat up at the finger
pier, back the trailer into the water and then use a rope I snap onto
the bow ring to pull the boat by hand onto the trailer. That brings the
bow ring within about five feet of the trailer bow vee. I winch it the
rest of the way, a pretty easy job with the new boat and our fairly
steep launch ramps. I don't power onto the trailer.- Hide quoted text -

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I guess the smaller the boat, the wetter you get I usually end up
with wet feet retrieving my skiff. That's why I wear Solomons