lawndoctor
Active Member
- Jun 5, 2008
- 655
- Boat Info
- 2014 Princess 56 Fly & 2002 Sea Ray 225 Weekender
- Engines
- MAN R6 800s & Bravo III 5.0L
As I said on another thread....handling a boat properly is an art form. Some are naturally better at it than others. But it takes practice. How many of you twin engine guys ever practice maneuvering with one engine. Very few I'm betting and yet it is an occurrence that will happen to us all at least once and more if you boat for a long time. I take boat handling very seriously and practiced often. Sometimes when coming into my marina I would just shut off an engine and brought it in on one. Not easy but I knew what to expect when it did happen.
Not to "walk" too far from the original subject, but this is an excellent point for boats with twins. We have had a hellacious first season with our 330 DA. First ride of the season the port water pump went while underway, lost a couple of weeks to repairs, got two weekends of use after that, then hit a submerged log mangling much of the port running gear. Even now we are still on the hard, waiting for a new transmission to come in, and at this point just hoping to get in some some decent fall boating. I was forced to "practice" maneuvering on one engine, probably more than with both engines this season, and it is a good skill to have. It is not that difficult wth practice and, as said above, it is a skill that everyone will have to use some time.