IMHO, the key to docking stern to is to have sufficiently sized 'cahunas' to get the boat moving in reverse relatively far from the slip.
I almost always dock stern to and independent of wind, current, prop walk, blah, blah, blah...the key is to get going in reverse at least 10 boat lengths from your destination with whatever prop you use, whether it is offset, etc,. Once moving in reverse, the rudder takes over and the engine can be put in neutral (with occasional, and brief; drops into reverse to keep reasonable speed up so that the rudder maintains control). Facing aft with the wheel behind me, I can steer the boat like a car, since the rudder is like my front wheel underneath my feet, with occasional shifts into reverse to keep way on and the rudder steering working. Once into the slip as far as I need to be, a short burst of forward gear stops reverse motion and I and/or my crew can tie her up. QED. Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/kcb Sent from my iPad > On Aug 28, 2014, at 4:32 PM, "Dennis C. via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Don't you just hate it when you've got that "perfect" stern in docking > maneuver going and one of your crew thinks you're going to scrape a piling > and "fends off" by stopping the boat. That sucks! I usually try to remember > to tell crew not to fend off unless I ask and definitely don't stop me. A 25 > hp diesel can stop a boat's aft motion much quicker than a crew. > > Dennis C. > > >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ditto. (Of course it's probably just luck, the current or wind, magic or my >> imagination because conventional wisdom seems to say that Martecs have no >> reverse.) >> >> Dennis C. >> Touche' 35-1 #83 >> Mandeville, LA >> >> >>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Rick Brass via CnC-List >>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>> The trick to backing with a Martec folding prop is the throttle. >>> >>> My Martec will stop my 15000 pound 38 from 2 or 3 knots in about a boat >>> length. Shift into reverse and boost the throttle to about half (1200 to >>> 1500 rpm in my case). The revs hold the blades open and she will stop as >>> well as she did with the 16x10 fixed prop. >>> >>> I back into my slip. Going forward, approach from perpendicular to the slip >>> centerline and a couple of boat lengths off the outer piling. Turn out to >>> intersect the slip centerline, shift to reverse and throttle up. When the >>> boat has good stern way, shift to neutral and use the rudder and momentum >>> to back into the slip. A blip of power in forward to stop, and then scurry >>> forward to get the bow and forward spring line attached to the boat, then >>> slow reverse to hold the boat into the slip and use the prop walk to hold >>> her against the dock. >>> >>> Heck, now that I think of it, the only time I have the boat in reverse at >>> idle is when I'm using the prop walk to bring the stern over to a pier or >>> to turn around in a tight fairway. >>> >>> Rick Brass >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:17, Burt Stratton via CnC-List >>>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hell, It took me a few attempts at backing in under power to figure out >>>> that my 2-blade folding Martec prop needs half an hour head start just to >>>> stop my 1kt forward progress! Still trying to figure out how to account >>>> for and use my prop-walk. If I have a good hand with me I will sail on and >>>> off my mooring. >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> >>> Email address: >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of >>> page at: >>> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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