How to dock
 

"Wayne.B" wrote
If you can dock a 692 footer like the Empress of the Seas with a
couple of joy sticks, why not an 80 footer?
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7...oystickve1.jpg

I use this type of joystick: http://images.westmarine.com/large/289480.jpg

How to dock
 

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:48:51 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

If you can dock a 692 footer like the Empress of the Seas with a
couple of joy sticks, why not an 80 footer?

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7...oystickve1.jpg

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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:03:40 +0000, Larry wrote:

"mmc" wrote in news:48b194b4$0$19387
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alNx...eature=related



You just can't beat professional pilotage...(c;

An 80-something monster came INSIDE the face dock to tie up to the
inside of it for the night. We were all enjoying some libation in the
Amel's cockpit with some cheeze balls someone had brought aboard.

I thought this guy was kinda BIG to be in such a confined space. The
tide was about 3 knots going out, making a bigger hazard for him to
overcome.

He idled the engines, then backed her down just a little to stop his
forward motion right in the middle of the "channel" between the long
face dock and all the finger piers mere mortals with some money dock
their pride and joys.

Before the boat even came to a stop, multiple whining noises from the
below decks electric thrusters started and as she still drifted towards
her night's berth, her captain rotated her on her central axis as if she
had a vertical shaft down her stack. After she passed perpendicular to
the current vector, he reversed his engines at idle and adjusted their
forward thrust to bring her into a standstill in the current. As that
got closer to reality, both thrusters easily parked her against the
inside of the face dock with about a foot to spare on both ends to the
big yachts fore and aft of her....a perfect landing with no motion at
all....as there was no room for error. They didn't hand the dock hands
the lines until after she was "parked", her main engines still
maintaining position against the current and her thrusters holding her
against the dock.....


It just isn't fair......dammit.

A kid could park that beast with a half day's instructions.


it just isn't fair at all.....

Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention he did all this with a WIRELESS HANDHELD
BOX WHILE STANDING ON THE RAIL TOWARDS THE DOCK! It had a joystick on
it that controlled not only the bow and stern thrusters, but the main
diesel monsters in the bilge and their transmissions.

At least he couldn't....YET....put the dock slot into the computer as a
waypoint and just go have a beer.

Few to none of the commercial fishing boats that size have any kind of
thruster. Single engine as well. They manage somehow. Maybe they cheat
and use vast experience. The big problem, no matter what you have, is
gusty shifting winds.

Casady

How to dock
 

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:27:59 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

If you can dock a 692 footer like the Empress of the Seas with a
couple of joy sticks, why not an 80 footer?

Maybe so, but I bet it still has " No Tug " warnings signs on the
outside door[s]. The signs for that, and the bow bulb and the
thruster are intended for tugs. On the other hand, even I you want a
tug, a thruster might save paying for two or three. I have been on
cruise ships half a dozen times, and I don't remember any tugs. It was
never very windy, however.

Casady

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"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote
If you can dock a 692 footer like the Empress of the Seas with a
couple of joy sticks, why not an 80 footer?
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7...oystickve1.jpg

I use this type of joystick: http://images.westmarine.com/large/289480.jpg


Cool! The "Force Feedback" model! lol

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"Jere Lull" wrote in message
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On 2008-08-24 13:04:29 -0400, "mmc" said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alNx...eature=related

So what's the big deal? That's pretty much how I dock Xan most of the
time, though I have a port-pulling prop when backing so I'd have
mirror-imaged his docking.

Know your boat. Use it's strengths.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

As JG said, it's a great flick. No need to look for a "deeper meaning".
sheeessh....



The best scene is when he's asleep with his glass eye open. LOL


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com



Oh yeah!

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On Aug 25, 4:15*am, Jere Lull wrote:
On 2008-08-24 13:04:29 -0400, "mmc" said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alNx...eature=related


So what's the big deal? That's pretty much how I dock Xan most of the
time, though I have a port-pulling prop when backing so I'd have
mirror-imaged his docking.

Better to say you have a right hand prop, Capt Ron had a LH.

A Captain Ron landing is as you say easy if everything is working
correctly. I would suggest you test your boats transmission 1/4 mile
from the dock and make sure she shifts correctly, and the prop nut is
still in place. Notice in the film they added tranny grinding noises.

Fred

Know your boat. Use it's strengths.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages:http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips:http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/