On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:42:34 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

In article m4yLb.57930$PK3.42234@okepread01,
"George C." wrote:

Here's the scenario: I'm docked alongside a pier with boats close to =
my bow
and stern, and the wind is pushing me into the pier. Normally, I =
would turn
the bow into the pier and back out, but sometimes backing isn't an =
option. I
would like to push the bow out, but the 2' swim platform on my stern =
will
get crushed. What to do?

Haven't tried this, but perhaps: "spring" a dock line from as far back=20
on the dock as possible to the outboard transom cleat. Power forward,=20
possibly turning the rudder toward the dock to kick the stern out as=20
well. That should torque the bow around. Once you've turned enough, toss=
=20
the dock line back to the dockhand.

We've done something like this but not quite. We powered forward, =
turning
the wheel as to turn into the dock with a dock line on the bow cleat. =
This
caused the stern to move away from the dock. Of course if the dock had =
not
been well padded, we would have needed a large fender to protect the bow
from the dock.