MC wrote in message ...
Questions:

1) Why bow in if prop walk a problem.

Because of the layout of the wheelhouse, its much easier to get on and
off the boat on the post side, and the dock on the stbd side is narrow
and covered with storage boxes. On the port side bow in, we have
almost 1500 square feet of dock space.

2) Wouldn't a dock line which is easily picked up solve the
turning/windage problem?

yeah, we do that now. I just like to lay in and step off without the
hassles. Turning and windage isnt much of a problem with enough way
on, just that quick stop always kicks the stern to stbd so someone has
to jump off and and toss a stern line.


Cheers

Joe wrote:

Do you have a current were you dock?

When your docking your boat do you like a little current or not?

I loved one marina I lived in because it had a 3-7 knot current that
ran parellel to the dock. It was great having the current to work
against. Always made arrival and departure smooth as a feather.

Only bad point was marine life grew on the hull faster and we were
affected by wakes more often.

Here in the marina I'm at now we have still water and its 2 tight left
turns
into the slip. Windage is a bitch, and I have a left hand wheel and
dock bow in
port side to always throwing the stern away from the docking side
while backing, and I usually have to back some because of the speed
needed to make it in the slip without being blown down. If I stay here
much longer Im going to have to get a right hand wheel.

Joe
MSV RedCloud