Need lessons on how to dock our boat

Chaselady · 04-11-2014, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GTO

Never be afraid to ask for help. Your man card won't be revoked if you do. There are plenty of people on the public docks that are willing to take a rope for you and get you into a space

This is so true! And remember, don't be proud and refuse to ask for help. There are plenty of yahoos out there who think they know what they're doing, and end up slamming into someone else's boat at a busy dock.

Just Sold · 04-11-2014, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaselady

This is so true! And remember, don't be proud and refuse to ask for help. There are plenty of yahoos out there who think they know what they're doing, and end up slamming into someone else's boat at a busy dock.

I have to agree with you Chaselady but way back in the late 80's on the 4th of July at the Alton town docks I did ask a boater to assist as I was pulling away from the dock. It was a very windy day. Mr. boater was sitting in his deck chair on the back of his small cruiser. He did not even acknowledge my request until I almost hit his precious boat and then he jumped up to fend me off with a real sour attitude. So there is always one jerk

in the crowd unfortunately.

Descant · 04-11-2014, 10:21 PM

Thank you Elizabeth for this thread. When I was growing up, my father relayed every Power Squadron meeting to me. Almost every Lake Winnipesaukee cruiser had a PS flag on the transom. On the docks with boating friends, they discussed those lessons, even down to how to coil a rope. And knowing that when you attach it to a cleat, it is no longer a rope. It becomes a line. Or a painter. You don't hear that word much anymore. Anyway, with those decades of history, if not experience, I've learned some things from this discussion. BZ Elizabeth.

04-11-2014, 10:21 PM	#3
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,449 Thanks: 1,373 Thanked 1,650 Times in 1,078 Posts	Experience only goes so far Thank you Elizabeth for this thread. When I was growing up, my father relayed every Power Squadron meeting to me. Almost every Lake Winnipesaukee cruiser had a PS flag on the transom. On the docks with boating friends, they discussed those lessons, even down to how to coil a rope. And knowing that when you attach it to a cleat, it is no longer a rope. It becomes a line. Or a painter. You don't hear that word much anymore. Anyway, with those decades of history, if not experience, I've learned some things from this discussion. BZ Elizabeth.