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NoBozo · 02-26-2011, 04:26 PM

Watching someone "Handle" a single OR twin screw "straight inboard" WELL, in close quarters, can be a Distinct Pleasure when the operator knows what they are doing. When they don't, it can be excruciating to watch.

My experience over the past 40 years, both as a boat owner, and observer, has been that as a general rule, the skipper with the larger boat is much more likely to be competent at handling his boat than one who has a smaller boat, primarily because the smaller boat operator is likely a comparative novice. However, if that smaller boat is a Varnished Mahogany Antique..OR the larger boat is their first McYacht, then all bets are off.

A sure fire way to identify a novice: ANY Size boat Underway ...not actually preparing to dock or undock, steaming along with fenders swinging merrily over the side in the spray.

NB

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02-26-2011, 04:26 PM	#31
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	Watching someone "Handle" a single OR twin screw "straight inboard" WELL, in close quarters, can be a Distinct Pleasure when the operator knows what they are doing. When they don't, it can be excruciating to watch. My experience over the past 40 years, both as a boat owner, and observer, has been that as a general rule, the skipper with the larger boat is much more likely to be competent at handling his boat than one who has a smaller boat, primarily because the smaller boat operator is likely a comparative novice. However, if that smaller boat is a Varnished Mahogany Antique..OR the larger boat is their first McYacht, then all bets are off. A sure fire way to identify a novice: ANY Size boat Underway ...not actually preparing to dock or undock, steaming along with fenders swinging merrily over the side in the spray. NB .