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Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 5:38pm 04.07.24
Have you seen the stern bridle technique? It worked for me once or twice. Stern bridle (link is to
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
kappykaplan at 5:38pm 04.07.24
I'd love to see a picture of your lines all ready to be snagged by a boat hook? Boat is supposed t
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
jdrutten at 5:32pm 04.07.24
Have you seen the stern bridle technique? It worked for me once or twice. Stern bridle (link is to V
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 5:32pm 04.07.24
I'm not sure how anyone can have meaningful suggestions without some more information about the con
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Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 5:29pm 04.07.24
My dock is to starboard and I have fenders on my starboard bow. I first attach my starboard stern
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 5:26pm 04.07.24
I have docked my boat in a 15+ kt crosswind more than once using the spring lines first. If the wi
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
shemandr at 5:23pm 04.07.24
I'm not sure how anyone can have meaningful suggestions without some more information about the conf
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
arf145 at 4:47pm 04.07.24
My dock is to starboard and I have fenders on my starboard bow. I first attach my starboard stern l
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
kappykaplan at 4:39pm 04.07.24
Seems almost like cheating. It's not! You have to figure out what works for you. I assure you th
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
kappykaplan at 4:37pm 04.07.24
question has nothing to do with which lines to attach first but rather how you attach lines in high
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 4:37pm 04.07.24
My forward spring is on a hook on the outer piling - easy to grab with a boat hook. The after spri
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 4:17pm 04.07.24
When you are turning in the same direction that the wind is pushing your bow, you will be making mu
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 4:08pm 04.07.24
My forward spring is on a hook on the outer piling - easy to grab with a boat hook. The after spri
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 4:03pm 04.07.24
The key to all good docking is a midship aft spring line. See the video below. The goal is to stop
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
kappykaplan at 4:00pm 04.07.24
how to you secure lines without jumping off boat to dock? My forward spring is on a hook on the ou
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
Ted10028 at 3:56pm 04.07.24
Is this a dock you usually stay at? If so leave the lines on the dock, and grab them with a boat ho
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Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off:
dlochner at 3:51pm 04.07.24
The key to all good docking is a midship aft spring line. See the video below. The goal is to stop

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