i think it's entirely dependent on conditions...if it's blowing 25 forget about it.
My yardowner and I had a running joke...every time I'd want to move the boat into the travellift slip it would blow 25 straight down the fairway. Never failed. tf > So here's the followup question ... Went over tonight, and the damn thing > still won't run at all. I have a little electric motor in the garage, used > for a small jon boat to fish on my pond. Anyone ever use one to at least > get a C27 down a couple rows of slips to haul it out for the winter? While > the OB I should have fixed gets fixed? Tom > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ----- > > To: [email protected] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent by: [email protected] > Date: 10/14/2008 07:09PM > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: towed in > > Probably not a sailor > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 1:25 pm > 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 > > > > McCain or Obama? Stay updated on coverage of the Presidential race while > you browse - Download Now! >
