sailaboutvic
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Centre cockpit boat so no great advantage in being stern to.
May I ask why ? We also a CC one of the biggest advantage is not having to climb over the bow and anchor , others are as I said in my other posting .
Centre cockpit boat so no great advantage in being stern to.
May I ask why ? We also a CC one of the biggest advantage is not having to climb over the bow and anchor , others are as I said in my other posting .
A stern cockpit is usually walkthrough to step off the quay. Obviously it’s possible from a CC boat but the main advantage of flat access won’t be the same surely?
The OP said he was on a finger pontoon, I have no problem climbing over the side onto a finger. If I had an aft cockpit and sugar scoop, I can see the advantage of stepping off the back straight onto the main pontoon.May I ask why ? We also a CC one of the biggest advantage is not having to climb over the bow and anchor , others are as I said in my other posting .
Point taken .The OP said he was on a finger pontoon, I have no problem climbing over the side onto a finger. If I had an aft cockpit and sugar scoop, I can see the advantage of stepping off the back straight onto the main pontoon.
.... The helm in my boat only turns about 45 degrees, so that my turning circle when going ahead is quite large, and with a saildrive I cannot turn towards the wind in anything like a tight space. If I exit astern, I can initiate the turn earlier (10m) and by the time I am in the corridor I can give a short burst ahead and virtually turn the boat in its own length, using the angular momentum I have developed...
It really isn't significantly more difficult reversing into a pontoon berth than it is reversing out of it, so just preference.
I’ve seen the suggestion of alternating, so that both sides of the sprayhood and other canvaswork fade in the sun / go green in the shadow at the same rate
Pete
That's a good point. We moved our cat to a finger berth on the other side of the main pontoon a couple of years ago which means that the setting sun is now on the bows and sitting out in the cockpit in the evening is a lot more pleasant out of the burning sun. Sun worshippers can still take their glass of vino and go for a lie down on the trampoline if they are sufficiently motivated.
Richard
I have occasionally reversed my Twister into a marina berth but rarely the one I had intended to enter
I know that feeling. Ex Nic 31 reverser.I have occasionally reversed my Twister into a marina berth but rarely the one I had intended to enter