Greg S
Senior Member
I've done this three times in different boats. Successfully, but not a pretty job. Twice into finger slips, once onto a side tie. Once we had no dockside help and that one probably went the best. Do you suppose it was because there was no spectators? At docking speed the turning leverarm of one offset engine won't allow the boat to make any straight forward movement, or any straight back movement either, and poor if any rudder response at idle. I don't have a twin available to practice on anymore. Was I just lucky or is there a recognized technique? I recall a lot of back and fill.