On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 6:53 PM, David Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael A: >> http://www.vimeo.com/3134959 > > I'd have shoved the back end out before starting to move off. > IMHO this makes getting under way a bit easier as you can then > pivot the boat around its COG without grinding the boat on the wall.
There's always one! :-) There are many ways of gettting a boat away from the wall, and while I did bump a little it wasn't too bad. In fact, later, when I moved from the wharf I gave it a bit of reverse to push the stern out (since the paddle wheel effect takes it that way), but it was a much slower method, and since I was getting close to the end of the tape I decided the straight out method was quicker! Mike ps. The turning point on an empty working boat is a couple of feet in front of the engine room, so pushing the back out doesn't help that much. -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
