Trojan Boat Forum

captainmaniac wrote:How about this one... Throttle is the ENEMY (especially when you don't know what you are doing). Control is GOOD. Learn it. Peanut Gallery - not exactly part of the solution. The kid that jumps in while the boat is backing -- S T U P I D !!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69whMdjY ... re=related

Can't find any license numbers on anything so don't know where the video was shot. But I am still gonna keep an eye out for this guy when I am on the water!

dont laugh, thats what im afraid of LOL

Big D wrote:Fenders, what are fenders? And why is he working the wheel after he's in the dock OMG

Fenders get in the way. I don't even use them unless i'm at a visiting dock. Never leave them over the side when docking.

With the twin screws its just so easy to dock, i will have my wife record my novice docking skills next time.

I find parallel docking easy single or twin .And I believe throttle is your friend . But you have to respect it and know when to use it. And don't confuse throttle with speed

It's not hard with twin inboards. I've done it with my boat & once with a buddies Owens.

prowlersfish wrote:I believe throttle is your friend . But you have to respect it and know when to use it. And don't confuse throttle with speed

That's where the problem is... 'respect it and know when to use it'. For far too many people, throttle is the default. If things aren't going the way I want them to, just give 'er!!! It's amazing how few people really know how to handle their boats.

Here's what I noticed

almost no wind
no curent
no tide
and a REAL bow thruster (PTO driven off the genny)
Butt..... the guy did a good job, bottom line!
Pulses on the throttle are your best friend, with lots of practice!

Jeff.... pick a Wednesday morn, when nobody is around, and practice for hours. Helped me greatly!

Ron

rbcool wrote:Jeff.... pick a Wednesday morn, when nobody is around, and practice for hours. Helped me greatly!Ron

Better still, take the boat out and away from docks, and experiment with it to get a feel for how it handles and what it is going to do. Idle in forward with the wind coming from different directions, and see how straight it goes or how much the wind affects you. Take it out of gear and see how it drifts, and how quickly the wind takes over. Does the wind catch the bow, or the stern? Hit reverse and see how much and how fast it pulls sideways. When moving forward, crank the wheel hard over and see how tight it turns. Stop the boat (or almost stop it), and then from neutral crank the wheel hard over and pop it into gear for a couple of seconds and see how tightly it turns then. You probably get the idea.

Kinda like taking your car into the shopping mall parking lot to do donuts after the first snow, to 'practice' skid control.... on second thought, you southern folk may not know what I'm talking about.

In any event, once you have an idea of what the boat is going to do under certain conditions and when you do certain things, it makes it a lot easier to figure out how to make it do what you want.

Working on the boat today and watching people dock . mostly sail boats in the 40-47 foot range . It seems the ones with the bow thrusters had the most trouble . I assume the ones with out were more experienced boaters . I thought one guy was going to wear his out ( pretty new boat ).

When I was in the Solomons there was a almost new silverton ( 45?) in front of me side to on the dock The guy was new to boating . when he got ready to leave I offered to move my boat . He smiled and said no . so I am ready to fend off this newbie know this is going to be bad . He fired it up and the boat moved side ways perfectly , bow and stern thrusters . He told me you don't need practice if you can cheat ,must be nice to have money .

captainmaniac wrote:

prowlersfish wrote:I believe throttle is your friend . But you have to respect it and know when to use it. And don't confuse throttle with speed

That's where the problem is... 'respect it and know when to use it'. For far too many people, throttle is the default. If things aren't going the way I want them to, just give 'er!!! It's amazing how few people really know how to handle their boats.

this is what I fear.. fear and easy use, Easy mistakes can cuase alot of damage, over thinking, or just scared!?? I can read all day long.. doing it is different, guess you dont know till you get there...

Jeff I bet you will be fine the doing it on a week day is a good idea , the more folks that watch the bigger the fear . No one person here has not screwed up docking when the started , if the haven't then the boats still on land. Once you learn the boat and what it will do it will become easy.

Just stay away from Taylors/vinings landing fuel dock when the tides running .

I saw a sailboat at our club and asked him if he needed help, he just smiled and said no I'm good. Anyhow he drives into the dock THUD! turns the wheel to port and hit the throttle, the dock moved almost knocking me down, the bow digs in and the boat bangs up against the dock and he stays on the throttle lightly and jumps out and ties off with the motor at idle


funny thing a week later I hear some one complaining that j dock has come loose at the end....hmmmm

Hi Dave - thats seem to be international

Stupid idiots in high class yachts are all over in the world.

They might be to have too much money
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Greetings - Heiner

Big D wrote:Aaron, that most definitely incorporated a bow thruster, you can see the wash at the bow. I’m willing to bet everyone in that line up had thrusters! Now buddy in Heiner’s video was impressive

WOW I started laughing thinking it was a joke, I just new he was going to go right throught the peir house!!

Hello members, just a request to use translatable words in your comments.
Cause I cant get any sense by using words like 'new' ore knew and 'peir'.
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Thank you very much and very long - Heiner

I think meaning would be lost , ore is a miss spelled word peir could be called a dock . New is New NO other world for it SORRY