gjgm
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o, I d concluded reversing in a wind wasnt this boats forte! just keep reading about others success, but I like the horse analogy-stay away from the end the muck comes out ! Good tip.
Berthing Advice
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mainsail
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Wind - the main reason boats are tough to berth backwards
I used to sail quite a lot - but all sailboat skippers' instinctive ability to tell the direction of the wind and the windspeed from feeling it on the back of their necks is rendered useless when you are piloting your motorboat from inside a wheelhouse
...And yet the forces acting on your boat are engine, wind and the tide. Tide in a marina probably isn't a problem - but wind sure as hell is. You need to know where the wind is blowing from and how hard. Not only that, you need to know what it's doing at the bow of your boat - because that's where the wind exerts the maximum leverage...and it's your bow blowing in the wind that makes a mess of your astern berthing - every time
So what to do? Is there some electronic gizmo in the chandlery that will give you the readings of the wind on your bow? Maybe - but all you actually need is a little ribbon or strip torn from an old spinnaker. Tie one end to the top of your bowrail. Leave the other end blow in the wind. Bingo! At all times you know exactly where the wind wants to blow your bow and how hard it's blowing ........and best of all, it's free.
I used to sail quite a lot - but all sailboat skippers' instinctive ability to tell the direction of the wind and the windspeed from feeling it on the back of their necks is rendered useless when you are piloting your motorboat from inside a wheelhouse
...And yet the forces acting on your boat are engine, wind and the tide. Tide in a marina probably isn't a problem - but wind sure as hell is. You need to know where the wind is blowing from and how hard. Not only that, you need to know what it's doing at the bow of your boat - because that's where the wind exerts the maximum leverage...and it's your bow blowing in the wind that makes a mess of your astern berthing - every time
So what to do? Is there some electronic gizmo in the chandlery that will give you the readings of the wind on your bow? Maybe - but all you actually need is a little ribbon or strip torn from an old spinnaker. Tie one end to the top of your bowrail. Leave the other end blow in the wind. Bingo! At all times you know exactly where the wind wants to blow your bow and how hard it's blowing ........and best of all, it's free.
carlton
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epervier
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I've wanted to use this for weeks and was piped yesterday, but I don't care
PaulGooch
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Well, he's had just over four years of practice, wonder how he's getting on
duncan
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Well, he's had just over four years of practice, wonder how he's getting on
still got it, and happy - so one assumes 'well'
rafiki_
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Depends - with shafts yes, with outdrives no. You need to steer on twin outdrives as well as use the throttles, it will give you more control and tighter, more efficient turning.[/QUOTE]
I have twin outdrives, and never steer when manouevring. Throttles do all the steering, plus bowthruster when I need it.
Depends - with shafts yes, with outdrives no. You need to steer on twin outdrives as well as use the throttles, it will give you more control and tighter, more efficient turning.[/QUOTE]
I have twin outdrives, and never steer when manouevring. Throttles do all the steering, plus bowthruster when I need it.
