http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0hjOpkXdo

"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0hjOpkXdo


That's a stupid way to secure the sailboat. People ought to realize that any
wakes will pretty much parallel the shoreline as boats ply the stream or
finger lake.

Instead of securing the sailboat with its beam ends to the wake any sensible
person would secure it with the bow out so the waves would not roll it
around like that. Most sailboats pitch far less than they roll. This is
another case of lubberly ignorance.

So the motorboat gets the blame for poor engineering of the dock and the
stupidity of the dock user! Duh!

Wilbur Hubbard

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:01:00 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0hjOpkXdo


That's a stupid way to secure the sailboat. People ought to realize that any
wakes will pretty much parallel the shoreline as boats ply the stream or
finger lake.

Instead of securing the sailboat with its beam ends to the wake any sensible
person would secure it with the bow out so the waves would not roll it
around like that. Most sailboats pitch far less than they roll. This is
another case of lubberly ignorance.

So the motorboat gets the blame for poor engineering of the dock and the
stupidity of the dock user! Duh!

Wilbur Hubbard

What is God's world would a bicycle rider know about
boats?...****head!

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:24:38 -0400, "Ernest Scribbler"
wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0hjOpkXdo


I'd recommend one or two anchors permanently set on the channel side
of the boat to pull it further off the dock. Attach mooring floats to
the anchor line and leave them in place when you take the boat out.

"Wayne.B" wrote
I'd recommend one or two anchors permanently set on the
channel side of the boat to pull it further off the dock.

That would probably be effective, but the Corpse of Engineers has issues
with anyone getting any farther out into the channel than absolutely
necessary here. And not totally without reason: Docks have been hit by barge
tows in this area. The whips do a good job of protecting the boat, and most
of the time the large power cruiser drivers around here have the sense not
to park their throttles in the "dead plow" position.

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:01:00 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Most sailboats pitch far less than they roll.

Cruise ships often pitch quite a bit, but the fins work and they don't
roll at all, in nearly all conditions. They stay away from things like
winter North Atlantic. of course.

Casady