So sailing really is a spectator sport...I would love to have had a ticket for that one
-----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Wally Bryant Sent: January 5, 2014 7:17 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List single handed docking; People Watching Yeah... I actually got it perfect twice with a big audience. The most memorable was pulling into a new marina for the first time ever, and discovered a center cockpit Catalina/Morgan 45 in my 36 foot slip. Full reverse. (I was too busy to blow my horn three times.) They were actually supposed to be on the other finger, but pulled the boat over to my slip because they were waxing the hull. And they had dock lines like a spider web all over the place, so I couldn't even take *their* slip. I backed up and side tied to the end of a finger, and then expressed my feelings in an eloquent fashion. <VBG> (How many times can you use the A word, the F word, and the S word in the same sentence?) After about ten minutes of scrambling, the slip was clear. I told them I was going to go out, come back in, and pretend it never happened. Now, I don't know the beam on a Cat/Morgan 45, nor do I know why a boat that big was in a 36 foot slip. But it extended 10 feet into the narrow fairway, and took up way too much room. By this point there were about 30 people standing on the dock watching. The owner of the big boat was hiding, but his wife was on the stern waving a a boat hook in my face. I did the perfect 30 degree entrance, spun the wheel at the last moment and slammed into reverse for 1/2 second to let the prop walk do its thing and stop the boat and spin it just a touch**. The crowd went wild. Wal Richard N. Bush wrote: > Wally I had to chuckle when I saw your post; we call it the "People Watching Rule; The amount of difficulty one encounters while docking is directly proportional to the number of people watching" _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3658/6477 - Release Date: 01/05/14 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
