[Rhodes22-list] Docking Issues

[John Shulick]

Ron,

 If your slip is deep enough ( more than 5' ) you will have more resistance
to side slipping with the centerboard down rather than in the up position.
You can also turn the outboard to help control the boat, sometimes the
rudder alone just isn't enough when you are going slow and approaching the
slip. 20 to 25 mph wind is quite challenging for a novice who is new to
boating in general. Stan suggests that over 30 mph. STAY HOME (especially if
the wind is out of the west or northwest on Erie, waves can be 5'-10' in
those conditions).  After 4 yrs of practice 20 - 25 mph of wind is still a
handful for me to dock and to much for me to handle when I'm sailing solo.
(maybe not this year with a 2nd reef on the main and 350 lbs of lead in the
bilge we shall see) Welcome to the learning curve.

Hope that helps

John S 
 

butterchurn wrote:
> 
> As a new boat owner I am having docking isues in wind.  I would like some
> suggestions concerning what steps to take in order to learn to do a better
> job of it.  This weekend at Lake Erie it was quite windy.  We wanted to
> sail but when we tried to untie from our slip the wind was so strong we
> couldn't control the boat.  The wind was trying to blow the boat away from
> us.  Our slip is has the wind blowing our port side away from the dock
> instead of into the dock.  Perhaps we were trying to go out in too windy
> conditions.  We saw other sailboats out though they were at least 26
> footers.
> 
> We don't want to use our Rhodes as a floating cabin, we got the boat to
> sail it.
> 
> Anything you might suggest that might help us to get up to speed with our
> skills?  Now once away from the dock I can sail no problem.  I just need
> to get out and in.
> 
> Sometimes I feel dumb asking these questions, but I guess I can't learn if
> I don't ask.
> 
> Ron
> 

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