Joy Sticks for inboards

[Alex F]

That monkey is me......:smt021 first timer will be docking a 310 backwards, ouch:huh:.how i wish for a joy stick:grin: , but do want to be more experienced and learn to maneuver my twin V drives like the big boys.....:thumbsup:

If you haven't seen it, here's a good site that can help you to get started building your confidence http://www.yachtsurvey.com/docking.htm

 

[rondds]

Does this maneuver actually work? It never has for me. The boat tends to slide forward along the dock and eventually the bow bounces off, unless you tie off to the piling to keep the boat in place. Pascoe says you'll swing like a gate right into a spot 10 longer than your boat if you do as the drawing says. Feh!

 

[Kameroo]

Does this maneuver actually work?

Here's the link to the rest of the story:
http://www.yachtsurvey.com/docking.htm

He's working off the piling if I read correctly. We parallel park (lay-along slip) and do almost as well by stuffing the rudder to the side and swinging around. The propwash helps move the stern in that case every time you slide one into FWD. Works really well except for the time I miscalculated and "swung like a gate" just inches off the neighbors bow.

Apologies for getting off topic. After operating with a joystick on a demo, I'm still ruined for life and wish I had one.

 

[RollerCoastr]

I think very highly of Pascoe, but that theory has always bugged me. It would work if:

- you have the only boat ever made with a pivot point at the bow

or

- your bow was tied to the dock

Otherwise, (twin inboard) you'll end up parallel to the dock, and roughly half a boat-length away from it... (or at least *I* would)

 

[rondds]

This technique will work in a vacuum, but add a little offshore breeze pushing the boat away from the dock and you're in trouble unless the bow is tied off.

 

[RollerCoastr]

Yeah - I think in most cases, the boat will end up some distance from the dock. I just don't see enough physics there to accommodate a bow-pivot.

Now, put someone on the dock using the "throw the loop" technique of grabbing a piling, and you're good to go - one shot and you're in.

 

[Kameroo]

This technique will work in a vacuum, but add a little offshore breeze pushing the boat away from the dock and you're in trouble unless the bow is tied off.

Agreed.

 

[rondds]

Yeah, I've got my wife working on her rodeo skills. She's pretty good at it but a lot depends on the strength of the wind blowing me off the dock. If it's fierce, she really doesn't have the strength to fight it. Might break a nail!

 

[Alex F]

Does this maneuver actually work? It never has for me. The boat tends to slide forward along the dock and eventually the bow bounces off, unless you tie off to the piling to keep the boat in place. Pascoe says you'll swing like a gate right into a spot 10 longer than your boat if you do as the drawing says. Feh!

Ron,
I don't like whaving my boat rubbing against anything unless there's no other choice. So, I usualy line up using only the wheals. I've had couple of times when the current was too strong, so I just took off and apporached from another side. My pilings have carpeting, so I don't mind rubbing against them anytime.

 

[tobnpr]

Pascoe sez that putting one gear forward, and one reverse pivots the boat- without use of the throttles.

Not mine. Well, I wouldn't call it much of a pivot- a REALLY wide turn, yes. This is my first twin screw IB, so maybe others respond differently?

Props are designed for forward movement, not reverse, and are much more inefficient in reverse. When I pivot, I need to apply substantial throttle to the reverse engine, both to stop headway, and get enough momentum to get the bow swinging around. Once she stops headway and begins to pivot, I back off on the reverse throttle a bit lest she come around TOO fast...