OzOne wrote in message ...
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:31:26 -0500, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

OzOne wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:33:06 -0500, "Bart" .@. scribbled thusly:

I'm not sure if I follow all that, but you nailed it. There is nothing
wrong with laying along onto the pilings. It would be easy enought
to strike the sails and let the wind set you onto the piling adjacent
to your slip and warp your way in.

1 point to you Scout.

Except that you stated that the slip was just wide enough to
accomodate the yacht making the only way possible to get the yacht
into the slip being to let her float out into the fairway then drag
her back into the slip by her stern lines.
Very dubious IMHO.

I guess my description is confusing Oz, but that's part of my answer. The
fact that the pilings on each side are close to the gunnels (and there are
no finger piers, means that the 2 mates can and must walk the gunnels
while
still reaching the pilings to walk the boat backwards into the slip.
Scout


Yep, I understand that.
It's just the turning from alongside into a position 90 degrees to
that in order to slide back into the slip that is a worry.

Ok.
Wouldn't be easy for sure.
It's hard enough when the engine is working.
Of course, my last boat was under-powered with a small outboard, which was
hard to reach and control.
It'll be a new and interesting adventure for me with the new boat.
Scout