"Gould 0738" wrote in message

Good rule of thumb is to dock *into* the wind or the current (whichever is
the
prevailing force at a given landing) and use it to brake the boat.

That's standard practice, isn't it? I mean, you see people doing it
ass-backwards all the time but it's kind of like flying a plane; you take
off and land into the wind so that your ground speed and the amount of space
you use up is as little as possible.

-c