Current or no current
 

Do you have a current were you dock?

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

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Questions:

1) Why bow in if prop walk a problem.
2) Wouldn't a dock line which is easily picked up solve the
turning/windage problem?

Cheers

Joe wrote:

Do you have a current were you dock?

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

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Joe,

I haven't read any of the replies yet, but I want to remind you, if you
have a single prop you have both a left and right handed helm. If your
stern walks left in reserve it will walk right in forward. Remember
there is also a third gear on your gear box (Neutral)

From neutral you can pop the stern in either direction, Just slip it
into gear, rev up quickly and back down and into neutral again

I learned and awful lot watching my female crew dock. Pussy footing in
and using stern walk is a pretty successful way to dock

Ole Thom

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"Joe" wrote in message
om...
Do you have a current were you dock?

Yes.

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

Prefer nothing, but it's manageable since the wind is a bigger factor.

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

Current or no current
 

Joe wrote:

Do you have a current were you dock?

Not where we are these days, no.



When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

Define "a little." Usually a little current isn't a problem, in fact if
you can gauge it right, it can help swing the boat the way you want it. A
current from right on the nose can be very helpful.



I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Was this on the river? Usually tides go the other way for at least part of
the time ;)



Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

I didn't realize that moving water encouraged marine growth.



Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Or a bow thruster.

I had a big ungainly racing sloop for a while that we brought in to the
dock with a dinghy & outboard lashed alongside. We also sailed it up to
the dock but there were some times when that was not a viable option.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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"Joe" wrote in message
om...
Do you have a current were you dock?

Yes. It varies, sometimes it goes one way, and sometimes it goes the other
way.


When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I don't really mind it. It tends to help.



I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

I know what you mean. Idiots driving big boats at silly speeds.



Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

It would be cheaper to get a clue!


On reflection, it might be easier to get a right hand wheel.



Regards


Donal
--

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Joe asked: Do you have a current were you dock?

No, but there was a mulberry tree until everyone got sick of all the =
purple bird poo....



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Minimal current. Wind direction is main factor as to backing in slip. I use
prop walk to my advantage.

Scotty

"Joe" wrote in message
om...
Do you have a current were you dock?

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

Current or no current
 

Minimal current. Wind direction is main factor as to backing in slip.

Scotty's clearly royalty. He's a royal idiot!

RB

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But you're the idiot WINNER!

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Minimal current. Wind direction is main factor as to backing in slip.

Scotty's clearly royalty. He's a royal idiot!

RB

Current or no current
 

Joe wrote:
Do you have a current were you dock?

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

I frequently have to make stbd side too dockings with right hand props.
As I'm approaching the dock, I try to be in a slow left turn, so that
when I back to stop for position, the prop walk stops my swing and I'm
flat alongside. If possible for your situation, same would apply, in
reverse.

otn

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120VAC. Whether or not it flows is up to me.
Scout

"Joe" wrote in message
om...
Do you have a current were you dock?

Current or no current
 

MC wrote in message ...
Questions:

1) Why bow in if prop walk a problem.

Because of the layout of the wheelhouse, its much easier to get on and
off the boat on the post side, and the dock on the stbd side is narrow
and covered with storage boxes. On the port side bow in, we have
almost 1500 square feet of dock space.

2) Wouldn't a dock line which is easily picked up solve the
turning/windage problem?

yeah, we do that now. I just like to lay in and step off without the
hassles. Turning and windage isnt much of a problem with enough way
on, just that quick stop always kicks the stern to stbd so someone has
to jump off and and toss a stern line.


Cheers

Joe wrote:

Do you have a current were you dock?

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

Current or no current
 

Current or no current
 

"Donal" wrote in message ...
"Joe" wrote in message
om...
Do you have a current were you dock?

Yes. It varies, sometimes it goes one way, and sometimes it goes the other
way.

Thats called a tidal current you on-shore yachtmaster.




When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I don't really mind it. It tends to help.


Yeah I agree.


I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

I know what you mean. Idiots driving big boats at silly speeds.

Most likely onshore yachtmasters that have no clue that they are
responsible for their wakes.





Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

It would be cheaper to get a clue!

Perhaps you should buy one then.



On reflection, it might be easier to get a right hand wheel.







Regards


Donal
--

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otnmbrd wrote in message hlink.net...
Joe wrote:
Do you have a current were you dock?

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

I frequently have to make stbd side too dockings with right hand props.
As I'm approaching the dock, I try to be in a slow left turn, so that
when I back to stop for position, the prop walk stops my swing and I'm
flat alongside. If possible for your situation, same would apply, in
reverse.

otn

I do not have room to make a slow right hand turn, it's left turn
left tuen and no room for a S turn. And the way the winds channels
between the building here slow is usually not an option. But I know
what your saying.

Joe

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"Joe" wrote in message
om...
"Donal" wrote in message
...
"Joe" wrote in message
om...
Do you have a current were you dock?

Yes. It varies, sometimes it goes one way, and sometimes it goes the
other
way.

Thats called a tidal current you on-shore yachtmaster.


Thanks! I'll try to remember that.




When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I don't really mind it. It tends to help.


Yeah I agree.


I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

I know what you mean. Idiots driving big boats at silly speeds.

Most likely onshore yachtmasters that have no clue that they are
responsible for their wakes.

Nah! The main offenders are the pilot boats. If anybody else broke the
speed limit the way they do, the police would prosecute them.







Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

It would be cheaper to get a clue!

Perhaps you should buy one then.

Clue absorbtion is usually free. However, there are some potential
problems.

Factors that can impede tha absorbtion of "clue" include "Thick skull",
"Red neck", and to a lesser extent, "Texas". That's why I think that you
should get a right hand wheel!




On reflection, it might be easier to get a right hand wheel.




Regards

Donal
--

Current or no current
 

Donal wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
om...



I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

I know what you mean. Idiots driving big boats at silly speeds.

Most likely onshore yachtmasters that have no clue that they are
responsible for their wakes.


Nah! The main offenders are the pilot boats. If anybody else broke the
speed limit the way they do, the police would prosecute them.


ROFLMAO

otn

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Joe wrote:

"Donal" wrote in message ...

"Joe" wrote in message
.com...

Do you have a current were you dock?

Yes. It varies, sometimes it goes one way, and sometimes it goes the other
way.


Thats called a tidal current you on-shore yachtmaster.



Actually it's the tidal stream. Current is continuous.

Cheers

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Donal wrote:

"Joe" wrote in message
om...

"Donal" wrote in message

...

"Joe" wrote in message
e.com...

Do you have a current were you dock?

Yes. It varies, sometimes it goes one way, and sometimes it goes the

other

way.

Thats called a tidal current you on-shore yachtmaster.



Thanks! I'll try to remember that.

Don't, it's wrong -as a yachtmaster or coatsal skipper should know.

Cheers

Current or no current
 

DSK wrote in message ...
Joe wrote:

Do you have a current were you dock?

Not where we are these days, no.



When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

Define "a little." Usually a little current isn't a problem, in fact if
you can gauge it right, it can help swing the boat the way you want it. A
current from right on the nose can be very helpful.



I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Was this on the river? Usually tides go the other way for at least part of
the time ;)

Not a river, it was a flood control canal that leads from Clear Lake
to Galveston bay. And your right, it would change directions daily.





Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

I didn't realize that moving water encouraged marine growth.

Well I did not think so either, but it does. Mostly filter feeders
like barnicles.





Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Or a bow thruster.

Stern thruster you mean? Bows Ok every time, just backing down make
the stern kick out from the dock.



I had a big ungainly racing sloop for a while that we brought in to the
dock with a dinghy & outboard lashed alongside. We also sailed it up to
the dock but there were some times when that was not a viable option.

Getting into the slip not a problem, I just hate fiddleing around.
Witha right hand wheel I could just backdown kick over to the dock and
drop the lines. Not a biggy just for convience I wish I had a RH
wheel.

Joe



Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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"katysails" wrote in message ...
Joe asked: Do you have a current were you dock?

No, but there was a mulberry tree until everyone got sick of all the
purple bird poo....

Yeah we get purple poo here to. Little peckers like to sit in the
rigging
and bomb us. The trees are a few blocks away, but the have the best
view around on our rigging.

We mostly have mexican palm trees here. The wild parrots love em.

Joe

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"MC" wrote in message
...


Donal wrote:

Thanks! I'll try to remember that.

Don't, it's wrong -as a yachtmaster or coatsal skipper should know.


I'm trying to be especially nice to Joe at the moment.


Red necks are very sensitive to the light!



Regards


Donal
--

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OzOne wrote in message ...
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:15:34 -0000, "Donal"
scribbled thusly:

I'm trying to be especially nice to Joe at the moment.


Red necks are very sensitive to the light!

and enlightenment!



Quite the opposite, I think!



Regards


donal
--
at
lanode
dot
com

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I didn't realize that moving water encouraged marine growth.

Joe wrote:
Well I did not think so either, but it does. Mostly filter feeders
like barnicles.


OK, that makes sense... the current brings them more food than they'd get in still water.



Or a bow thruster.

Stern thruster you mean? Bows Ok every time, just backing down make
the stern kick out from the dock.

Maybe if you ease into reverse sooner & more gently so as not to get so much kick?

One thing I worry about is our tranny linkage. I tend to shift in and out of gear often,
using busrts of forward against the rudder to put the stern where I want it. I also check
the linakge every day, but I still think about it. It's difficult to keep the boat out of
situations where a linkage failure could lead to trouble.

Given a choice between stern or bow thruster, I'd take one at the bow. If you can swing
the bow where you want it, independently, you're not nearly so dependent on forward speed
to steer and can use the rudder & prop walk to bring the stern where you want it. Just
MHO....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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DSK wrote in message ...
I didn't realize that moving water encouraged marine growth.

Joe wrote:
Well I did not think so either, but it does. Mostly filter feeders
like barnicles.


OK, that makes sense... the current brings them more food than they'd get in still water.



Or a bow thruster.

Stern thruster you mean? Bows Ok every time, just backing down make
the stern kick out from the dock.

Maybe if you ease into reverse sooner & more gently so as not to get so much kick?

That would be OK if I did not ram the dock. Guess you have to see
were I dock, wind is funneled between the building that hols the cigar
boats up in slings. So on most spring and summer days we have 10-15
kts wind blowing thru. Hits me broadside going into the slip. The slip
is 45 foot and the boat is 42. My boats a ketch with a 55ft main mast
and a 40 ft mizzen mast so I have lots of windage
to deal with. If I could just coast in and easily stop it would not be
as much an issue.

One thing I worry about is our tranny linkage. I tend to shift in and out of gear often,
using busrts of forward against the rudder to put the stern where I want it.

Yeah one of my worst FU was when I first bought RedCloud. Painted the
bottom and was putting in back in the water. Backing out of the lift
slip my linkage came off the trannie and stuck in reverse. Ended up
backing into a 60 foot wooden chris craft that had just been restored,
only took out a few planks but felt real bad about it. When the
linkage jumped off I tried to rev up and go forward but that just made
me back faster, and my crew was to wimpy to jump inbetween the boats
to stop me. There was a pregnant lady aboard and she started crying
saying her husband was going to blow his top. I told her to not worry
about it I would pay to have it fixed and gave her my number....the
boat was gone the nexr day and I never heard from them again.

I also check
the linakge every day, but I still think about it. It's difficult to keep the boat out of
situations where a linkage failure could lead to trouble.

Yeah I check my linkage all the time now and make sure the cotter pin
is still there, and I check my shaft coupler and shaft retaining bolt
before I kick off. Had my shaft back out of the coupler once and thats
just as bad. Ended up blowing down here in the marina, The cigerboat
guys get kind of nervious when
a steel boat is blowing toward their bows that hang out from the
lifts. But its usually them that are screwing up here. I got some
great pictures this fall of a guy with one engine tryong to get in a
slip here on a 45 ft scarab. He got a running backwards start to his
slip missed his slip and went in underneath a boat hanging in the slip
next to his, wiped out his little windsheld and dash. Had to get
another boat to pull him out, he was lucky he did not get killed. Went
and got my camera after his first 4 or 5 tries and knew something
interesting was going to happen.

Given a choice between stern or bow thruster, I'd take one at the bow. If you can swing
the bow where you want it, independently, you're not nearly so dependent on forward speed
to steer and can use the rudder & prop walk to bring the stern where you want it. Just
MHO....

Well in MHO bow thruster do not belong on anything under 220 foot. I
ran some supply boats that had bow thrusters and hated listening to
the MF scream and rattle for hours on end as we offloaded.

Is your trawler a single or double screw?


Joe MSV RedCloud


Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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Joe wrote:

.....Guess you have to see
were I dock, wind is funneled between the building that hols the cigar
boats up in slings. So on most spring and summer days we have 10-15
kts wind blowing thru. Hits me broadside going into the slip. The slip
is 45 foot and the boat is 42. My boats a ketch with a 55ft main mast
and a 40 ft mizzen mast so I have lots of windage
to deal with. If I could just coast in and easily stop it would not be
as much an issue.

A sudden gust of wind, especially when it's swirling around buildings or trees, can be pretty
bad. Gives you that "Siezed By A Giant Hand" helpless feeling! One thing I like about the
tugboat is it does not have much windage, but it does have a big skeg, so it does not blow
around easily.


.... I got some
great pictures this fall of a guy with one engine tryong to get in a
slip here on a 45 ft scarab. He got a running backwards start to his
slip missed his slip and went in underneath a boat hanging in the slip
next to his, wiped out his little windsheld and dash. Had to get
another boat to pull him out, he was lucky he did not get killed. Went
and got my camera after his first 4 or 5 tries and knew something
interesting was going to happen.

The guys with the penis boats are almost always funny whenever there is some skill needed... if
they had a clue, they wouldn't want one of those kinds of boats!


Well in MHO bow thruster do not belong on anything under 220 foot. I
ran some supply boats that had bow thrusters and hated listening to
the MF scream and rattle for hours on end as we offloaded.

Is your trawler a single or double screw?

Single. I prefer the fuel economy & lower maintenance, plus there's a lot more room down in the
engine room.

We don't *need* a bow thruster, but if we had one, we would have a wider range of possibilities
with regard to getting in & out of slips and other tight spaces. Right now, I spend some time
looking over the upcoming maneuver carefully, and if it looks too tight (ie a 50% chance or
greater of smacking into a really nice expensive boat) then we turn around and go back to the
T-pier ;)

I had one embarassing moment, when I was turning the boat around in a relatively tight basin,
to come alongside the end of a dock to pick up friends. There was a big expensive yacht
alongside the opposide wall, and a nice lady on board with a British accent watching us
nervously. I figured the wind would blow us away from this big expensive yacht, since it was
from that direction, and to keep from getting hung up on the dock head, I favored the yacht
side a little too much.... there was a swirl of wind that almost pulled us right against that
yacht's gleaming topsides. But we weren't quite into the point of no return, I managed to pick
up our friends with no scrapes or thuds.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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"Joe" wrote in message
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That would be OK if I did not ram the dock. Guess you have to see
were I dock, wind is funneled between the building that hols the cigar
boats up in slings. So on most spring and summer days we have 10-15
kts wind blowing thru. Hits me broadside going into the slip. The slip
is 45 foot and the boat is 42. My boats a ketch with a 55ft main mast
and a 40 ft mizzen mast so I have lots of windage
to deal with. If I could just coast in and easily stop it would not be
as much an issue.

Jeeeeze. I had assumed that you had a motor boat.

Your boat has a keel, fer cripes sake! It may have windage, but the keel
will resist the windage.

I often see clumsy oafs, like you, in our marina. They engage full
forward, and then full reverse. They seem to have no feel for the boat's
handling at all.

As it happens, I have a berth that might be similiar to your's. I'm at the
end of the fairway, and the prevailing wind blows my bow off. I never have
any problem at all, because I take it slowly. I used to have a power boat,
and in those days I had to worry about the things that you describe.

Now, we put the engine into neutral about 100 yards from the slip, and just
glide in. The engine is rarely used at all after that, apart from the final
burst astern.

When my younger son was only 9 years old he was able to do it to perfection.
Maybe you should get some lessons???

Really, Joe, you are an embarrassement to real sailors. You are trying to
park your boat as if it was a big powerboat.



Regards


Donal
--

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DSK wrote in message

Is your trawler a single or double screw?

Single. I prefer the fuel economy & lower maintenance, plus there's a lot more room down in the
engine room.

Thats ok unless you lose one engine.

And of-course twins manuver 400 times better.



We don't *need* a bow thruster, but if we had one, we would have a wider range of possibilities
with regard to getting in & out of slips and other tight spaces. Right now, I spend some time
looking over the upcoming maneuver carefully, and if it looks too tight (ie a 50% chance or
greater of smacking into a really nice expensive boat) then we turn around and go back to the

Not me I like to crowd the really expensive yachts and watch the
yachtmasters
blow there tops. If its a stbd side to docking, I have no fear. I like
to do the Capt Ron style landing, my brit boat had a stbd side helm
which makes it easy for me to single hand land her and tie her up if
needed . BTW Capt Rons Boat is a local boat here.

Joe



T-pier ;)





I had one embarassing moment, when I was turning the boat around in a relatively tight basin,
to come alongside the end of a dock to pick up friends. There was a big expensive yacht
alongside the opposide wall, and a nice lady on board with a British accent watching us
nervously. I figured the wind would blow us away from this big expensive yacht, since it was
from that direction, and to keep from getting hung up on the dock head, I favored the yacht
side a little too much.... there was a swirl of wind that almost pulled us right against that
yacht's gleaming topsides. But we weren't quite into the point of no return, I managed to pick
up our friends with no scrapes or thuds.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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How about a big magnet tied to your dock?


"Joe" wrote
I know Thom, but when you back hard your sorta crocked sideway in the
slip with the bow to port corner and stern to stbd corner. Thats ok
you just put her in netural and use your dock line to align the boat
or you can put a spring line out and drive the stern in, in forward as
you suggest.

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Scotty wrote...

How about a big Scotty magnet tied to your dick?


Ewwwwww!

RB

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Single. I prefer the fuel economy & lower maintenance, plus there's a lot more room down in the
engine room.

Joe wrote:
Thats ok unless you lose one engine.

Doesn't worry me.... since I can spend all my engine maintenance on one engine instead of two, I have
at least twice the reliability. Plus, the usual causes of engine failure are either fuel or battery
related, so having two engines would not help.

IMHO the idea of a "get-home" engine is simply marketing to insecurity & ignorance. It is only extra
weight, extra drag, extra expense, extra gear crammed into the machinery space... and extra
maintenance made more difficult by poor access.



And of-course twins manuver 400 times better.

Nah, only about 350X ;)
There are a few boats I have looked over that had enough room for a sensible two-engine lay out, but
the added expense & maintenance is still a downer for me.


Not me I like to crowd the really expensive yachts and watch the
yachtmasters
blow there tops. If its a stbd side to docking, I have no fear. I like
to do the Capt Ron style landing, my brit boat had a stbd side helm
which makes it easy for me to single hand land her and tie her up if
needed . BTW Capt Rons Boat is a local boat here.

I've only been handling this power boat for about a year, so I don't really have the experience to
play around the same way I would in a sailboat. A couple weeks back, I docked a friends 40+ sailboat
singlehanded in a bit of cross wind, it seemed like old times.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Current or no current
 

You don't have a sail for that tug?

SV

"DSK" wrote


IMHO the idea of a "get-home" engine is simply marketing to insecurity &
ignorance. It is only extra
weight, extra drag, extra expense, extra gear crammed into the machinery
space... and extra
maintenance made more difficult by poor access.

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Scott Vernon wrote:

You don't have a sail for that tug?

Heck, yeah, I have three or four. Now I gotta apply for a PHRF rating... does
the stern deck awning count as a mizzen or as a spinnaker??

DSK

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DSK wrote:



IMHO the idea of a "get-home" engine is simply marketing to insecurity & ignorance. It is only extra
weight, extra drag, extra expense, extra gear crammed into the machinery space... and extra
maintenance made more difficult by poor access.



That'll be because you plan to use a towing service? Here, a get you
home outboard bracket is seen is seen on most single engine stinkpots.
You'd be surpised how fast a 15hp RHIB motor will push a 35' power boat.

Cheers

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DSK wrote:

Scott Vernon wrote:


You don't have a sail for that tug?


Heck, yeah, I have three or four. Now I gotta apply for a PHRF rating... does
the stern deck awning count as a mizzen or as a spinnaker??


If you move it forward I think it might be called a blooper.

Cheers

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MC wrote:


That'll be because you plan to use a towing service?

why, do you have a recommendation for one you have used often?

DSK

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Sorry Doug, the towing services here are too far away to help you and
since i've nver used them I'm not sure how relaiable they are. On the
other hand, I'd tow you in if I were near you -I would always live up to
my sailing responsibilities to help those in distress on the water such
as yourself.

Cheers

DSK wrote:

MC wrote:


That'll be because you plan to use a towing service?


why, do you have a recommendation for one you have used often?

DSK

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"MC" wrote in message

I'd tow you in if I were near you -I would always live up to
| my sailing responsibilities to help those in distress on the water such
| as yourself.

Barring any entanglement with some errant kelp on the prop.... we're well
aware of your fears of sailing into a harbour without the auxiliary on! ;-D

CM

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Suuuuuuuuuuure. Just 'cos you don't live in a marina where you have to
motor in! Oh I forgot, you think putting an engine astern to clear the
prop is a major problem!

Cheers

Capt. Mooron wrote:

"MC" wrote in message

I'd tow you in if I were near you -I would always live up to
| my sailing responsibilities to help those in distress on the water such
| as yourself.

Barring any entanglement with some errant kelp on the prop.... we're well
aware of your fears of sailing into a harbour without the auxiliary on! ;-D

CM