Gofirstclass
Well-Known Member
GW and I took the boat out for a few hours today and just anchored and did some cleaning and putzing around on the boat. We headed back after a few hours and slow cruised back toward my marina. When we got back there the wind was blowing about 10mph from the NW, not bad, but I had to change my approach to the slip as I backed in.
When I back in, my goal is to do a "no touch landing" where I manage to back it all the way into the slip and stop it before it comes to the back of the slip, and do that without touching either of the sides or the back end of the slip.
I was able to do that, and stopped the boat before it got to the back end of the slip. GW got off on the dock once the boat was stopped and was heading toward the bow to secure the bow line.
As she headed up the finger dock on the port side we heard some applause and cheering. I looked around and saw that it was coming from a wakeboard boat that was in the fairway behind my dock. There were 8 people in the boat and they were all standing and applauding and cheering my backing into the slip.
I was tickled but at the same time a bit embarrassed about the applause. They continued on down the fairway so when we got Beachcomber secured I walked down the dock and invited them over for a brewski. They were headed up to the restaurant but thanked me for the invitation. They gave me another short round of applause and several cheers of "Good Job" and other cheers.
Fun way to end the day.
When I back in, my goal is to do a "no touch landing" where I manage to back it all the way into the slip and stop it before it comes to the back of the slip, and do that without touching either of the sides or the back end of the slip.
I was able to do that, and stopped the boat before it got to the back end of the slip. GW got off on the dock once the boat was stopped and was heading toward the bow to secure the bow line.
As she headed up the finger dock on the port side we heard some applause and cheering. I looked around and saw that it was coming from a wakeboard boat that was in the fairway behind my dock. There were 8 people in the boat and they were all standing and applauding and cheering my backing into the slip.
I was tickled but at the same time a bit embarrassed about the applause. They continued on down the fairway so when we got Beachcomber secured I walked down the dock and invited them over for a brewski. They were headed up to the restaurant but thanked me for the invitation. They gave me another short round of applause and several cheers of "Good Job" and other cheers.
Fun way to end the day.