skidaddytn wrote:
I avoid stern in parking whenever possible... it takes more time to park that way then to get out of a slip in reverse, or even walk it out once you've got her started. I'm all in favor of spending more time on the water than at the dock.
You don't have much choice than to dock that way unless you've got a long finger pier, floating dock or wall alongside. Fixed docks with shorter finger piers means having to back into the slip. Otherwise, what, you'd climb down over the bow rail? Maybe on a bow rider but on anything else it'd be hazardous.
Yeah, in a hurry we've docked bow-in, but then only because of really windy/rough conditions. It was a challenge getting over the bow rails and down to the finger pier with the tide being very high at the time.
So true!!! BUT, you have twin engines. You can make it turn in a dime! I always stern in when docking for those reasons. Much easier to pull out when leaving the dock too.
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