dhays
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- May 26, 2015
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- North Pacific 43
This evening was a bit of a problem. We came to Poulsbo in Liberty Bay. We were hoping to get a slip at the dock but they had quit taking reservations so we figured we would take our chances.
Nice afternoon and as typical with nice summer afternoons in Liberty Bay we had a 10-12 knot breeze coming out of the North. We entered a fairway between the two guest docks looking for an open slip. The wind was blowing perpendicular to the orientation of the fairway so we slowly crabbed down looking for an open slip.
There weren’t any so we started to make a turn to port, into the wind to turn around. There is plenty of room for a back and fill turn. Unfortunately, when I went to shift into reverse, the gear control wouldn’t allow me to shift into reverse. To avoid hitting the stern of the boats in front of me I had to turn to starboard. With throttle, going in and out of forward gear, and lots of thrusters, I was able to make the turn with inches to spare. My wife wasn’t happy.
We anchored in the bay. Fortunately it has a good holding bottom and my Sarca Excel sets pretty well with just the wind to give a back down.
Anyway, I’m kind of stuck. I took apart the control at the helm and didn’t find a problem. When the ER cools down I’ll check it at the transmission.
Any suggestions? A quick check showed that the control on the bridge seems to work OK.
Nice afternoon and as typical with nice summer afternoons in Liberty Bay we had a 10-12 knot breeze coming out of the North. We entered a fairway between the two guest docks looking for an open slip. The wind was blowing perpendicular to the orientation of the fairway so we slowly crabbed down looking for an open slip.
There weren’t any so we started to make a turn to port, into the wind to turn around. There is plenty of room for a back and fill turn. Unfortunately, when I went to shift into reverse, the gear control wouldn’t allow me to shift into reverse. To avoid hitting the stern of the boats in front of me I had to turn to starboard. With throttle, going in and out of forward gear, and lots of thrusters, I was able to make the turn with inches to spare. My wife wasn’t happy.
We anchored in the bay. Fortunately it has a good holding bottom and my Sarca Excel sets pretty well with just the wind to give a back down.
Anyway, I’m kind of stuck. I took apart the control at the helm and didn’t find a problem. When the ER cools down I’ll check it at the transmission.
Any suggestions? A quick check showed that the control on the bridge seems to work OK.