"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote
| the wind's blowing this bigger boat against the dock and
| you're going to hoist sail and THEN pull the boat INTO the
| wind by hand???


Well, yeah. But, I'm not talking about really big boats. I'd say
anything up to 25
feet would work that way. A strong man could probably pull a 30 foot boat
out in
say 10-15 miles per hour wind.

Six tons of full keel cruising sailboat.... in 30 knots on a lee dock....
can be pulled to hook point.... even by a wimpy sissy like Ganz.

I bet even Ole Thom could easily manage a 40 footer. The only thing to
overcome is inertia....

CM