If he had this much trouble away from the dock......

It's all about the look and the sound. Nothing else matters...well, maybe speed. But that's it.
 
when your feeling bad about piloting your boat in certain situations just watch this video...single screw with an idiot at the helm...as soon as he floated free of the slip and that boat all he had to do was turn to starboard and reverse...he's rowin on that wheel like he's negotiating Lombard street in San Francisco :grin:
 
Seems to me that he never let the boat fully react to one input before he began the next. I know an Admiral that gets frustrated when the boat doesn't react as quickly as a car does. It also appears that he expects the bow of the boat to directly react to his steering inputs, again, like a car.
 
Amazing, but not surprising. He apparently is only used to going fast--in a straight line, and not used to maneuvering around docks.
 
New to him boater? Even when he gets the boat corrected by boaters on the docks he still comes within a couple of inches of two of the boats in their slips! Did his wife put it back in the slip for him, or the dock master?

i still practice docking and operating at low speed with one engine, in the marina and on the creek.
 
That is absurd. I'm pretty sure that is a single engine boat. What is so hard about turning to port?
 
I love the mid ship fender. I wish I could see it flopping while he is doing 70MPH.
 
There's not much in the water on the front half of those boats. The wind coming down the fairway was causing him problems, you can see that from the moment he pulled out of the slip. All you experts could have done better I'm sure:wink:, just as he probably will too the next time.
 
I drove a similar boat and I can tell you that, with a single inboard engine and the rudder very small, it is almost impossible to back to starboard. It was a terrible experience. Those boats can only go forward.
 
Woody said:
There's not much in the water on the front half of those boats. The wind coming down the fairway was causing him problems, you can see that from the moment he pulled out of the slip. All you experts could have done better I'm sure:wink:, just as he probably will too the next time.
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thank you for recognizing that :thumbsup:
 
What wind? Look a the burgee on the boat on the left side of the video. Not even moving. This guys needs to swallow his pride and get some lessons. I'm sure his neighbors would take up the collection if he can't afford them. Simply pathetic. Hey....that would be a good name for his boat!
 
That fender wont stay overboard too long ,imagine what she will say when it pops up and smacks her at 70mph.
 
I don't know if I follow the title of the posting... Seems like I heard on the audio that one engine was dead, did anyone else pick that up or was I imagining it.

Why leave the dock with one engine dead? Maybe he was moving the boat to a boat yard to have work done?

Had the breaker fail on my 340 one time - had to bring it into the slip on one engine. Probably someone filming it with their camera - thinking this guy needs docking lessons.

I didn't see him hit anything - got close to one dock. There were a lot of opportunities that could have resulted in damage. Once he got turned, built some speed and water moving over the rudders he was ok. Looks like he knew enough for that.

If it was a twin engine inboard - and he just had one engine - its not going to be a pretty sight. Just my 2 cents.
 
NorCal Boater said:
What wind? Look a the burgee on the boat on the left side of the video. Not even moving. This guys needs to swallow his pride and get some lessons. I'm sure his neighbors would take up the collection if he can't afford them. Simply pathetic. Hey....that would be a good name for his boat!
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LOL. If my boat was there I would chip in! Not that I would defend that display of seamanship but the line of flags at the end of the clip are flapping pretty well. It looks to me like one engine working. Did almost the same thing first time out on our Catalina C36. The prop walk pushed the stern to Port, the wind was coming from the Port side, I had the rudder all the way turned Starboard and the boat backed straight up. Shifted to forward gear, turned the rudder to Port, and the boat went straight forward. Only the wind had moved us down the fairway. Took me almost to the end to figure out how to use the prop walk to get where I wanted to go, and we had lots of attention by then. Hit nothing. With twin engines (or an outdrive where the prop turns as you steer) this is hardly ever an issue. However, try to drive your boat on only one engine and you will see it presents some interesting problems. Assuming this guy had one engine out of two working, I would have probably used a spring line or a 'dock assistant' to get the boat headed the right direction before sticking my nose out into a narrow fairway with minimal control. Never mind the wind. What if another boat came? What if it had an equally inept Captain?
 
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