Congrats! Don't worry about the peanut gallery - you will get better and it isn't only females that have difficulty starting out. We had one guy (as in NOT a women) in our marina with a big cabin cruiser that would come in and out like a pinball machine, i.e. bouncing off everything. I had mercy on him one day and showed him how to use the engines to control the boat. Big powerboats have a lot of windage and rudders the size of a paper plate, so you do everything with differential throttle and gearshift.
Joe Della Barba Coquina Since my darling husband decided to jump ship and file for divorce, I left the dock with myself at the helm just this past weekend. My brother and his buddy who knows nothing about sAiling were along and I'm so glad they were. Leaving the dock wAs a bit tricky since the tide and wind was against us and against the Atomic 4. We wound up backing out of the marina breakwaters after fending off successfully several boats. Embarrassing? Yes but a great lesson. And unfortunately upon return, there were mumblings about a "woman at the helm ". It wasn't pretty but there was no damage. Barbara Hickson Fellers
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