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Another question undocking question - concerning swim platforms
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:42:34 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:
In article m4yLb.57930$PK3.42234@okepread01, "George C." wrote: Here's the scenario: I'm docked alongside a pier with boats close to = my bow and stern, and the wind is pushing me into the pier. Normally, I = would turn the bow into the pier and back out, but sometimes backing isn't an = option. I would like to push the bow out, but the 2' swim platform on my stern = will get crushed. What to do? Haven't tried this, but perhaps: "spring" a dock line from as far back=20 on the dock as possible to the outboard transom cleat. Power forward,=20 possibly turning the rudder toward the dock to kick the stern out as=20 well. That should torque the bow around. Once you've turned enough, toss= =20 the dock line back to the dockhand. We've done something like this but not quite. We powered forward, = turning the wheel as to turn into the dock with a dock line on the bow cleat. = This caused the stern to move away from the dock. Of course if the dock had = not been well padded, we would have needed a large fender to protect the bow from the dock. |
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