Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Bluto" wrote in
| Who in their right mind would kedge off of a dock.

Somebody who knows seamanship....

| Grab the stinkin dock or use long poles to push the boat along.

That's about as silly as most of Capt. JG's ideas! :-)

I've never seen a recreational boat kedged of a dock (I've kedged off
a number of other things), but I have used a pole on a number of
occasions. I used to use a winter storage yard that was totally low
budget - instead of a lift they had an old truck and a homemade frame.
Boats were moved off the frame onto cradles with an array of small
hydraulic jacks. Instead of a work boat with an engine, they would
pole around their little cove with 20 foot poles.