Katy,

I can make headway with my 29 Ft Pilothouse. I taught my crew on my
other boat, which was outboard powered to stand in the pulpit and rock
it the last couple of feet into the slip. I lot easier than cranking the
metal monster to life.

When I got the pilothouse, with the inboard, and a better sailer, we
developed a different docking technique.

When racing one time, the wind quit on me as we were turning the weather
mark. The tide was carrying me broad side right into the mark. I was
busting my gut trying to scull with the rudder but with a wheel helm, I
wasn't do to well. I figure we were going to be DSQ when suddenly the
boat started rocking. My Bowman was in the pulpit taking us around the
mark an into the edge of a cloud generated whisper of a breeze. I was
really fighting with myself about declaring the action as we were
nearing the committee boat when they blew the cancellation signal

Ole Thom