Trojan Boat Forum

come to lynhaven inlet Paul. Peple are just rude! 90% I get the fishing thing, but at my marina, there is alot of look downs unfortunatly. Little boat maybe. people are just mean around here, every once in a while we find a nice person that wants to chat, its not offen though.

I wont be installing thrusters on my 26 . Like you all said it doesnt take anything but some time to learn the ins an outs of the boat . I'm commadore at the club this year and have already been approached as over six members have expressed concern that they do NOT want an inside slip . most of the concerns are coming from pontoon boats with 100+ hp outboards. Our club awards slips by a bid system first by boat length then by senority . I checked the sheet and we have 6 members all bidding the one prime outside slip available now heres where it gets icky. the longest boat on the list is a 25ft pontoon. I recently trumped the 25ft with my trojan as the title states 26ft 4 inches . so folks arent gonna be happy. Good news is the slip I'm giving up always has you pointing upwind of currents and winds so its a walk in the park to get into , either bow first or stern first there is no cross currents or side winds pushing you. so someone will get a nice spot. lol pontoon boats are merely recycled trailer parks . floating living rooms

Jeff,

Once you master docking, you'll pull in with pride and show your skill, and be proud you don't have bow thrusters.

Most marinas in tidal areas have the slips arranged to point up or down stream. I've seen a couple that are sideways, and that is truly difficult with the tide running in or out.

Read Chapmans and get an experienced single screw captain to help you learn. Practice on an empty dock somewhere until you get it down. Many marinas will send a dock hand own to help grab a line if you radio ahead - depends on how much you're spending I suppose.

You'll get it - we all had to learn it ourselves, and I doubt if there are many Trojans with bow thrusters out there.

Thanks Jeff for the nice comment.

If you can't find anyone to help, you can add me to the list of people to come down and help...

...and i say a big NO to thrusters....learn to handle the boat without. it will give you more confidence in less than ideal situations...do you have a single inboard or I/O?

Thanks, it a single inboard. With a chrysler 318. Thay say its the more difficult one to learn. Im sure ill get it. My ski boat is an I/o very easy to drive

Hey Jeff I have to agree with you about people from Lynhaven inlet we stoped there one time on our way back from North Carolina and as I was Fueling up A guy that could not wait pulled in front of me at the fuel dock in a fishing boat and bounced his outboard engine cover off my bow and acted like it was no big deal then when we walked to the store for some supplies as we were crossing the street a guy in a BMW pulled out hit the gas and acted like he wanted to run us over my buddy almost bounced a six pack of the side of the car but we did not wanted to be accused of alcohol abuse so we just crossed Lynhaven inlet off the list of places to go.

Lol on the abuse!!! Yes it has gotten bad. Money consumes people around here. Very pritty place. Very expensive and snotty! I only use that boatel because its so close to every thing. I think im the only nice person in that whole area sometimes

Jeff, another BIG no to thrusters on the 26, I have played on boats for a long time, usually twins, when I got back to boating I got my F27 single screw, you should have seen he first time I tried to back it into the slip, me at the helm 3 guys on shore all giving me instructions, prolly took 15 minutes to ger her in. After a couple weeks solid practice, I can put her just about anywhere. As for walking to port in reverse, you learn to use that to your benefit. And theres nothing better than sliding the boat into the slip with ease while fellow boaters are watching

25 single screw IB is pretty tough compared to an I/O, but you'll get it.

Practice parking your I/O at the dock with the Steering Wheel straight ahead when in Reverse (only turn the wheel to the Right/Left when in Forward) for some practice!

Good idea thanks guys

jefflaw35 wrote:come to lynhaven inlet Paul. Peple are just rude! 90% I get the fishing thing, but at my marina, there is alot of look downs unfortunatly. Little boat maybe. people are just mean around here, every once in a while we find a nice person that wants to chat, its not offen though.

Nice thing about boats you can move them ,and thats what I would do if its that bad . I like Little Creek area Folks seem nice .

My buddy owns a small marina first one on pritty lake in little creek. Trojan is going there. I noticed a boatel there last week. Gonna look into it, gonna price check the boatel for the trojan also. Prob to expensive.

I do not know anything about thrusters, but I do know a lot about handling single screws.

When I was 17-22 my uncle had a 33ft wooden Broadwater single screw inboard. I got so good at handling it that one day backing in to the local bar/restaurant, it stalled, I restarted it while moving backward and docked it perfectly, the boaters who knew single screws actually gave me a round of applause.

For several years I handled my uncles next boat a 42ft 1969 Pacemaker - I got to where I could take her out and dock her alone from the Flybridge. I can't wait to get my F32.

For the last 20 years I have had a 24ft single Merc I/O. The wind and current are the biggest factors with it and of course not being able to turn as well against the prop.

Jeff the biggest advice I can give is take her out on a calm, almost windless day and practice. Do everything slowly and don't be afraid to pull away and make a new approach until it becomes second nature. After 20 years with the same boat I still find that I have to restart my approach and just stay calm eventually you will get it.

Here ya go...practice makes perfect!

Use the arrow keys and numbers for manuvering.

http://www.pigdogtoad.com/customer/boem ... chool.html

http://spot.pcc.edu/~mtrigobo/docksim/

prowlersfish wrote: Nice thing about boats you can move them ,and thats what I would do if its that bad . I like Little Creek area Folks seem nice .

That's where I am. I'll take that as a compliment.

I'm in Bay Point Marina which is part of Little Creek Marina. Little Creek has wet slips and the Dry Storage and has a pretty good deal on wet slips ($7.75/foot/month). Bay Point is still $8.50/foot/month but is away from the boat yards so it appears a little nicer. Both marinas have floating docks.

Pretty laid back place with monthly dock parties during the summer.