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Old 11-09-2010, 01:29 PM   #23
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RE: Moving a twin engine boat sideways(?).

Just a note on this "parallel" docking, which is what you doing when you attempt to move your boat sideways. With a single engine boat and a bow thruster, parallel parking is a breeze. You pull up along side the forward boat, hit your thruster to about a 45 degree angle (just like a car) and as you are backing you can adjust the angle with the thruster. When the stern is fully in to the dock and the bow has cleared the boat in front of you, just thrust the bow to the dock and your in. I have had to run a slalom course in reverse over the years to get my boat to the TraveLift at the yard. No panic, just hitting the thruster to keep me on the desired reverse course. It also compensates for any prop walk that might occur.
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