Joker66
Member
A buddy of mine keeps trying to get me to take him out on his flybridge to practice docking at a local marina that is fairly empty. I'm very comfortable on my boat and I took him on his boat to practice last year. He did well but probably hasn't practiced since. He went out two weeks ago against a bunch of neighbors advice in 20 mph winds and it didn't go good for him at all to say the least. He barely made it out of his well, got right into trouble and had to have another captain help him back into his well. He hasn't been back out since. I'm just trying to help him get as comfortable as possible and eventually he can work up to playing around in the wind. He's got a 38 foot Carver. He has no bow or Stern thrusters. Should we go out when the wind is 10 miles an hour or less or or is 15 mile an hour or less(today's forecast) okay?