I would say you displayed skill and good judgement. The proof is in the results.
Kevin M. Morton S/V Serenity #1920 _/)_ --- On Mon, 10/13/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: catalina27-talk: towed in To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:25 AM 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
