Can you come in stern to? Prop walk, etc. is exacerbated when moving slowly in forward or reverse. If there is open water near your slip, get going with rudder control in reverse, gird your loins, tell yourself you can do it and with judicious use of throttle, neutral and reverse drive your stern into the slip in one fell swoop! When, not if, you misjudge the approach, put her in forward, go back to open water and repeat. This puts you and the stern well into the slip where you can more easily reach dock lines AND allows you to stop the boat using forward gear—for which it was designed. Once one gets used to driving with the wheel and controls at their back, it gets easier.Plus leaving the slip in forward reduces any prop walk especially with some way on—not for the faint of heart but once your speed in forward or reverse allows the rudder to control your boat’s destiny, you can forget about prop walk! Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C 36XL/kcb
Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: mail.mobile.aol.com On Thursday, January 24, 2019, Mark Anthony Watson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: 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 "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 WWW.watsonandson.com _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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