Had the pleasure of trying to single handedly dock in a strong wind this summer. Tried to dock bow in starboard side and the wind kept blowing the bow off. Oh, I'll back in I thought since the prop walk will pull me to port against the dock... The prop walk, wind, ferry wash and current made me do a full 360 before the rudder would bite in reverse. Amazingly I didn't hit anything. I've been afraid to single hand ever since.
I'm looking into using a spring line and keeping the engine in gear to keep the bow from blowing off. Need to practice that technique. Any comments on spring line docking techniques?
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