>From a former C27 owner, and current occasional lurker; getting into your slip >with out power is one of the basic skills that every sail boat owner should >master IMHO. The marina owner must have a stink pot, he would not understand >the concept, pity him.
Michael Current owner of a Newport 30, which doesn't sail as well as a C27, but it is bigger and prettier. San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Tamblyn To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:21 PM Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: towed in I'm willing to bet that he is only in charge at work and when he goes home is completely dominated. So when he's at work he is going to make sure everyone knows that he's the alpha dog. I'd forget all about it and find something more important to worry about like say, are the Red Sox going to make it to the World Series. Sorry to hear about the OB I hope it turns out to be something cheap to fix. You know what they say about sail boats. "The most important thing to have on a sail boat is a reliable engine" It's true for the Chesapeake where the wind is often unreliable and on the nose whenever you have to go somewhere in particular. Regards Mark Tamblyn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: towed in My outboard, which has been increasingly recalcitrant all summer, failed me outside the channel into the marina yesterday afternoon. With a 50 ft wide channel and the wind on the nose, I had to get a guy to tow me in. At the point where I would normally make a 90 degree turn into my slip, I just uncleated and dropped the tow line, and turned into the slip with the last of my momentum and dropped on the dock lines. No sweat. Marina owner then came down .... said I should have been tied up side to side and let the powered boat bring me completely into the slip, I endangered other boats, bla bla bla. Anyone have any thoughts? Tom
