Hi Mark Another suggestion might be to back into dock stern first and then drive out of slip in forward. You can have your boat moving well in reverse when you are docking which will give you steerage for docking. Throw into forward to stop. When you leave the slip to go sailing you will be in forward and have a ton of steerage.
Of course if it is too narrow a channel you may not have the required room to come out in forward…. Mike Persistence Halifax www.hoytsailing.com<http://www.hoytsailing.com> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Mark Anthony Watson via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 4:01 PM To: CnClist Cc: Mark Anthony Watson Subject: Stus-List Reversing my newport 41 Mk1 1977 Trinity Ladies and sea dogs, Just when I think I have the reversing thing nailed, I lose the bow even in little to no wind. I have a right handed prop and should prop walk to port. I have to reverse out of my slip into a narrow channel attempting to steer my stern to port. Often enough my stern still goes to starboard swinging me the wrong way. Should I pull out of dock faster ...??? I know I should not put full rudder Early reviews of my boat suggest avoiding reverse - not an option Anny help would be a delight otherwise I have to continue bruising the bow to starboard and the stern to port with boat hook pushing and pulling. -- Best regards Mark Anthony Watson [X] "A watch may stop however time goes on, don't waste time on bad watches" Watson & Son Buyers-Appraisers of Jewelry & Timepieces 210 Post Street, Suite 502 San Francisco, CA 94108 USA P: 1-415-986-3303 E: m...@watsonandson.com<mailto:m...@watsonandson.com> WWW.watsonandson.com<http://WWW.watsonandson.com> [X]<http://www.facebook.com/WatsonandSonJewelry> [X] <https://www.instagram.com/watsonandson/>
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