What are my options for parking this boat in this slip?
I've done it once and it worked out OK but not the exactly the way I wanted it to.
The problem was that the wind was from my stern as I came down the fairway.
The plan wast to go down far enough to turn into the "P" dock then do a K turn and tie up port side.
What happened is that since I was going very slowly I was unable to get the bow to swing upwind enough and I got pinned against the piling to the right of the waverunner docks.
It was no problem I just springed off the piling and forced the bow around and and it worked fine. During the season however their may be boats protruding from the pilings.
The constraints are that this has to be single handed and has to be port side tie up.
My dock is the end of "O" where the blue dot is.
So here are the options I know of:
Just do the maneuver faster.
Make the turn into the T dock before the "P" fairway and even touch the dock with the bow and let the wind blow the stern down.
Bring the bow to the aft dock post at any angle and lasso it let the stern swing down then get off the boat at the bow and manually pull the boat in place.
Attempt to tie off starboard side too and from the dock swing the boat.
What method to you figure would have the best chance of success either from the above choices or something different.
I've done it once and it worked out OK but not the exactly the way I wanted it to.
The problem was that the wind was from my stern as I came down the fairway.
The plan wast to go down far enough to turn into the "P" dock then do a K turn and tie up port side.
What happened is that since I was going very slowly I was unable to get the bow to swing upwind enough and I got pinned against the piling to the right of the waverunner docks.
It was no problem I just springed off the piling and forced the bow around and and it worked fine. During the season however their may be boats protruding from the pilings.
The constraints are that this has to be single handed and has to be port side tie up.
My dock is the end of "O" where the blue dot is.
So here are the options I know of:
Just do the maneuver faster.
Make the turn into the T dock before the "P" fairway and even touch the dock with the bow and let the wind blow the stern down.
Bring the bow to the aft dock post at any angle and lasso it let the stern swing down then get off the boat at the bow and manually pull the boat in place.
Attempt to tie off starboard side too and from the dock swing the boat.
What method to you figure would have the best chance of success either from the above choices or something different.