Sounds like a newbie to me. ''wind is at the stern''? good grief!

Scotty



"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
news:oBlQd.43974$K54.1127@edtnps84...
I don't know Scotty..... this "coldcorona"..... smells fishy to me.
:-)

Sailboats belong on a mooring!!

Anyway... anybody who rents a slip in an area they can't access
easily is
just plain stupid.

I can turn my Crab Crusher on a dime and it hates to back up.... fin
keelers
would have no problem in that situation

CM


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Inboard, outboard? Wheel, tiller? Singlehanded, crew? Is the
wind
*ALWAYS* from the same direction? Floating docks?

Practice backing out in the open. Learn to use your prop walk.
Watch
other boats and see what they do.

SV



"coldcorona" wrote in message
oups.com...
Question about a pivot turn, is it possible to turn around a 29'
sailboat in a 40' wide area?
The only space available at a nearby marina are side ties and I'm
worried about whether I can actually dock there.
Before starting the turn the wind is at the stern. On the port
side
is
the marina wall and on the other is the dock. I don't think
there's
much if any current affecting the slip.

The other option is docking with the stern to the wind and when
leaving
backing up for 90 feet.
There are boats in front and behind this slip.

Thanks.

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Group,

A question: Doesn't any one use a BOATHOOK in a slip?

It is a very handy thing in a tight situations, it can hold the stern
against prop walk.

With a crew, it is a simple matter to enter and leave a slip using
Neutral as the gear of choice. Simply walk the boat away from the slip,
push the bow into the desired direction and power away,

If 'coldcorona" had any ability to sail..... he'd strike canvas and sail
outta that slip.... 40 ft is plenty of room to turn around... and tack up
wind in a 30ft boat!! Damned newbies!

CM

No, because I've seen people drop them in the water. It shouldn't be used
for that anyway. It's not designed for that kind of weight.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Group,

A question: Doesn't any one use a BOATHOOK in a slip?

It is a very handy thing in a tight situations, it can hold the stern
against prop walk.

With a crew, it is a simple matter to enter and leave a slip using
Neutral as the gear of choice. Simply walk the boat away from the slip,
push the bow into the desired direction and power away,

Yes, Thom, I always have it handy when I'm berthing. Usually use it
to grab a dock line but have on occasions fended off with it.

Scotty


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Group,

A question: Doesn't any one use a BOATHOOK in a slip?

It is a very handy thing in a tight situations, it can hold the
stern
against prop walk.

With a crew, it is a simple matter to enter and leave a slip using
Neutral as the gear of choice. Simply walk the boat away from the
slip,
push the bow into the desired direction and power away,

Bwahahahahahahahaaaaaa.....!!!

Bob uses them to catch mooring buoys in gales... while sailing downwind to a
lee shore.

CM

"JG" wrote in message
...
No, because I've seen people drop them in the water. It shouldn't be used
for that anyway. It's not designed for that kind of weight.

Stupid is as stupid does.


"JG" wrote ...
No, because I've seen people drop them in the water. It shouldn't be
used
for that anyway. It's not designed for that kind of weight.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Group,

A question: Doesn't any one use a BOATHOOK in a slip?

It is a very handy thing in a tight situations, it can hold the
stern
against prop walk.

With a crew, it is a simple matter to enter and leave a slip using
Neutral as the gear of choice. Simply walk the boat away from the
slip,
push the bow into the desired direction and power away,

It's the situation....no place to go forward (unless you really want to take
out the dock...) The situation we were in was with the wind at the stern at
about 30 knots....without a line back to the dock to pivot the stern as soon
as you were abeam you'd just get blown right back...if you throttled up you
got too ,much forward motion and you'd end up pinned to the backend of the
fingerslips and everyone else's boats....
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Sounds like a newbie to me. ''wind is at the stern''? good grief!

Scotty



"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
news:oBlQd.43974$K54.1127@edtnps84...
I don't know Scotty..... this "coldcorona"..... smells fishy to me.
:-)

Sailboats belong on a mooring!!

Anyway... anybody who rents a slip in an area they can't access
easily is
just plain stupid.

I can turn my Crab Crusher on a dime and it hates to back up.... fin
keelers
would have no problem in that situation

CM


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Inboard, outboard? Wheel, tiller? Singlehanded, crew? Is the
wind
*ALWAYS* from the same direction? Floating docks?

Practice backing out in the open. Learn to use your prop walk.
Watch
other boats and see what they do.

SV



"coldcorona" wrote in message
oups.com...
Question about a pivot turn, is it possible to turn around a 29'
sailboat in a 40' wide area?
The only space available at a nearby marina are side ties and I'm
worried about whether I can actually dock there.
Before starting the turn the wind is at the stern. On the port
side
is
the marina wall and on the other is the dock. I don't think
there's
much if any current affecting the slip.

The other option is docking with the stern to the wind and when
leaving
backing up for 90 feet.
There are boats in front and behind this slip.

Thanks.

I seem to have mentioned that I had a boat hook...and we aren't talking
about being in a slip but on a straight dock, parallel parked so to
speak....

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Group,

A question: Doesn't any one use a BOATHOOK in a slip?

It is a very handy thing in a tight situations, it can hold the stern
against prop walk.

With a crew, it is a simple matter to enter and leave a slip using
Neutral as the gear of choice. Simply walk the boat away from the slip,
push the bow into the desired direction and power away,

Really??.... I use mind to poke the rubber neckers alongside when I'm
docking.... works like a charm! [Especially when I'm swiggin' shots from a
bottle of rum and screaming obscenities at the crew]

CM


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Yes, Thom, I always have it handy when I'm berthing. Usually use it
to grab a dock line but have on occasions fended off with it.

Scotty


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Group,

A question: Doesn't any one use a BOATHOOK in a slip?

It is a very handy thing in a tight situations, it can hold the
stern
against prop walk.

With a crew, it is a simple matter to enter and leave a slip using
Neutral as the gear of choice. Simply walk the boat away from the
slip,
push the bow into the desired direction and power away,

I have a 15 footer with a classic hook'em or stab'em bronze end. But I
do not need any such assitance docking. Way Wind and Walk float in like
a feather. My prop walks me in a circle in reverse so exiting is easy
as pie in the stiffest gale.

Cold corona needs to bust open a case and have fun learning.

Joe