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Low-key, sometimes humorous advice on docking for the inexperienced, including preparation, reconnoitering, and getting help.
[SailNet, 19 February 2002]
The best step-by-step advice on docking your boat under sail. Covers upwind and downwind approach skills, with the emphasis on training and practice.
[The Oar Club, Bellingham, WA, USA]
Excellent instructions for good docking technique. Diagrams and photos. Also includes a primer on rudder action, turning under power, stopping, prop walk, and anchoring technique. Diagrams and photos.
[Quantum Sail Design Group, LLC, Annapolis, MD, USA]
List of tips in a humorous vein for getting underway.
[SailNet, 5 March 2003]
[Vendor]
Nylon fabric tubes to protect anchor and dock lines. Velcro hooks on inside grip line and hold guard in place. Permanent or repositionable models.
[Davis Instruments Corp., Hayward, CA, USA]
An excellent compendium of docking tips: working with the wind and current, using momentum more than revolutions per minute, and thinking ahead.
[SailNet, 11 February 2004]
A slightly curmudgeonly singlehanded sailor gives very readable advice on the importance of docking and anchoring methods, line handling, exhaustion, weather windows, emergencies, grounding, and age.
[Southwinds Sailing, Holmes Beach, FL, USA]
Fenders are useless when docking at many docks and seawalls, especially those with pilings. A fenderboard can protect the boat.
[SailNet, 9 September 2002]
Use the arrow keys on your computer to dock a boat under power. You can set wind and current strength and direction. It′s not easy, but you can learn something here.
[Michael Trigoboff, USA]
Fender covers have disadvantages for docking. A better choice is a fender skirt, hung from the rail between the fender and the hull. You can easily make it yourself, perhaps as a first stab at canvaswork.
[SailNet, 25 November 2002]The smoothness of your docking varies inversely with the number of people watching.
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