I'm going to take a different approach for MY answer to this one... no flaming please ... for my "alternative" advice!
I have a 2000 Mainship 390 single screw with bow thruster. RH prop... so it will pull a bit to port when in reverse especially I goose it a little when docking port side to, and I want to bring the stern into the dock or lock.
However, prop walk is not the "magic" that I would recommend you practice first!
The original owner replaced the push button bow thruster controls with joysticks. The marina we were at on Great South Bay Long Island NY had a slip that we preferred to back into (easier for my wife to get on+off), and the fuel dock was also most often easiest to back into to take on fuel. After a couple weeks owning this boat, something in my brain "
CLICKED."
With the rudder amidships, and my arse sitting on the wheel at the upper helm looking aft, I put my left hand on the F-N-R Shifter, and my right hand on the bow thruster joystick.
The concept is to drive the boat backwards as if I were pushing a grocery shopping cart backwards (from its bow). I can move my ass-end (actually the boat's
BOW) left and right, and I simple line up the stern to go backwards into the slip (or wherever I need it to go), using these two controls (engine at idle.)
"Our favorite shifter position is NEUTRAL." So gentle "bumps" aft or forward are the rule as needed.
There are several videos in these blog posts which illustrate this technique even in non-ideal current and windy conditions.
https://shellerina.com/2023/07/21/backing-into-grand-manor-marina-slip-with-wind/
https://shellerina.com/2021/07/29/tight-dock-landing-at-mackinac-island/
https://shellerina.com/2022/09/17/deliveries/
((The video is at the very end of this blog post shows us backing in against 2K of current, at Hoffmans / Manasquan River NJ.))
https://shellerina.com/2023/09/04/waterside-norfolk-va/
https://shellerina.com/2022/04/11/time-lapse-passage-to-icw-mm-zero/
Again, the SECOND video shows us backing into a slip here at Tidewater in Portsmouth/Norfolk Harbor VA with a crosswind that we use to our advantage!
Whenever possible, figure out how to use current and wind to your advantage! In the Manasquan River example, the current actually helped me, as I could move the boat SIDEWAYS in the current coming at my stern.
In the Tidewater example, I simply used the wind to push me up against the finger I wanted to tie up to. In these ways, with planning and compensation, current and wind can be your friend! Rather than something that messes you up.
Summarizing... Once the 'pushing a shopping cart backwards' concept
clicked in my brain, it all became VERY easy for me to put this boat in just about anywhere in all but the worst conditions. ((No stern thruster!))
My wife has MS and uses a cane, so I usually ask the dockmasters for a slip that is "close to civilization"... which obviously means more maneuvering into position down fairways. Lucky for me, we have this knocked! I hope this concept helps some out there... Good luck.