In my expierience it would have gone better if he made a 90° right turn into the channel and then just backed straight in. Works for me.
Same thing if you have to come down a fairway. Don't turn into the fareway forward, back in by turning perpendicular to the channel. Keep the helm straight until the boat speed comes down to zero. Once you start moving backward (speed starts increasing again) you can turn around the wheel (assuming you have a wheel) and drive facing the stern. As you/the helm come even with the first piling of your slip turn the helm hard over and enter straight in. Works for the race boat. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Apr 17, 2014 11:01 PM, "Chuck S" <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Poor guy. Boat name "36 Seas"???? What's that about? > > Would the docking operation go better if he started from the opposite > way? > I've been spoiled for the last 10 years by docking bow in and stepping off > onto a floating dock. This season I'm moving to a slip with outer and > midslip pilings and the tiniest finger pier and expensive boats on either > side. I have to back in and have a lot of additional fenders ready just > for the docking maneuver. I'll probably be fine unless someone is > recording it for YouTube. > > Chuck > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Dennis C." <capt...@gmail.com> > *To: *"CnClist" <CnC-List@cnc-list.com> > *Sent: *Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:23:39 PM > *Subject: *Stus-List How NOT to use propwalk > > I could be wrong but I'm guessing this boat is has left hand rotation. > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Gj_shqt4E> > > Look familiar? > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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