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Part 2: The Basics of Operation
Boat Bytes
A boat likes to keep spinning
the way it’s backing. If
you’re backing to starboard,
spin the wheel to
port before putting it into
forward. This encourages bow
and stern to keep doing what
they’re doing, and thus will spin
the boat smartly.
When the wind pins your
boat against a dock, a bow
spring line can help get the
stern out into the wind so
that you can back away.
docked port-side to, because the clockwise rotation of
the prop when going ahead will want to walk the stern to
the right or starboard.)
Once the stern is straight into the wind, cast off the bow
spring line from the dock and back up the boat far
enough to give plenty of working room to turn around.
It’s not a problem with twin engines, but with a single,
you may be blown right back to the dock by the time you
can spin unless you give yourself many boat lengths. Go
out twice as far as you think you could possibly need, and
then double that, until you get more salt in your hair.
A Leaving the dock—wind toward the dock
Bow spring
line
Fender
B Fender
Wind
Bow spring line
Right rudder,
engine ahead
Wind
Stern pivots into wind