[C320-list] Backing into slip

[alahlm at comcast.net]

joe
  can't count the number of boats that have slid off trailers when they get to the top of the ramp and step on the gas 
  al ahlman

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Joe Barrett" <joe at dolphinmortgage.com> 

> 
> I too used to do that for enjoyment when I lived in Winthrop Mass. I kept my 
> dinghy right next to the two launch ramps and Sunday at 5pm after a sail was 
> a great time to hang around there. Husbands on the boat while the wife tries 
> to back the trailer with the husbands screaming obscenities at the top of 
> their lungs while the wife's did the same. 
> Great Entertainment! 
> Joe Barrett 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com 
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of alahlm at comcast.net 
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:01 PM 
> To: C320-List 
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Backing into slip 
> 
> with a fast current in the river jeff an I dock in plus the effect 
> of the tide flowing in or out the sunday comedy show is at the local 
> town ramp at 5 PM to watch the circus it's a constant comedy of errors 
> watching them trying to get their boats back on their trailers also a 
> learning experince for those watching 
> 
> Al Ahlman 
> #476 
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Warren Updike" 
> 
> > No one seems to have mentioned this yet; but, here is a strategy that 
> > has saved my buns more than once. When the wind or current make a bow 
> > or stern approach problematic, I bring the boat alongside the pilings 
> > at the entrance to the slip 
> > - hull perpendicular to the slip. Best done heading into the wind. 
> > Then, using one of the dock lines from the pile as a spring to a stern 
> > cleat, back the engine and you will rotate the stern into the slip. 
> > Best done heading into the wind. Once the bow is at a reasonable angle 
> > to the wind, let go the line and continue into the dock. Once the beam is 
> inside the pilings, you have it made. 
> > 
> > Another trick with a safety line from the dock to the entrance piling 
> > is to have ready a piece of line with a loop on one end and a hook on the 
> other. 
> > Immediately after entering the slip, on the windward side, hook the 
> > line to the safety line and drop the loop over a cleat. Now you can 
> > forget about that side and concentrate on the rest of the process. 
> > 
> > With our first sailboat, I was nervous about looking like a lubber in 
> > our new marina. That is, until I watched the circus around some of the 
> "old salts" 
> > making their landing. I found that no one criticizes a botched 
> > docking, and everyone applauds a good one. 
> > 
> > Warren & Pattie Updike 
> > C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar" 
> > Frog Mortar Creek, Middle River 
> > Chesapeake Bay 
> 
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