Handling a twin screw fishing boat is easy as can be. I hardly even touch the rudders at low speeds. OTOH those giant "motoryacht" things with a 3 story condo on top and 4 foot draft are a huge PITA. Dinner plate rudders, as much sail area as a #3 genoa, no keel, and V-12 diesels that want to go 6 knots at idle make for a stressful day when the wind is gusting to 30. Joe Coquina
BTW - I would NOT have one of the recreational "DPS lite" systems unless it comes with an engineer to fix it like the big versions have -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rodney Meryweather via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 10:38 AM To: robert Cc: Rodney Meryweather; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Boat Handling Skill Growing up on the Sea Coast of Maine I saw this on a regular basis. During my stint in the Military I was the Craftmaster of a 100 vessel with twin screws. The twin screws make all the difference of laying a vessel up along side or into a narrow berth if you know what you are doing. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 27, 2016, at 09:05, robert <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > >> On 2016-10-26 5:45 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List wrote: >> "On a few occasions I've had the opportunity to watch the weigh ins at a >> couple of fishing tournaments. The skill of the charter captains is >> phenomenal. They come into a harbor, motor to the center of a fairway, use >> the two engines to spin the boat's stern into the fairway, back directly >> down the fairway in what seems an impossibly straight line, stop within a >> gnat's whisker of the bulkhead, then gently place the boat's stern against >> the bulkhead and keep it there with a bit of reverse. " > > Dennis: > > The other day I watched a club member with a 40' powerboat come into a narrow > fairway at our club (not much wider than his boat) and turn it around 180 > degrees to parallel dock ....the boat literately pivoted in a stationary > position......he was on the fly bridge. > > I said the people standing next to me what great boat handling. One member > responded and said "well, anybody can do that with bow thrusters" . > > I responded and said "His boat does not have bow or stern thrusters, that is > what makes it so impressive". No response from him. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32- 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > > _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
