Why not twin kickers?

[Robert H. Wilkinson]

Thanks Bob, I have tried that and it seemed like I was just going back and forth in the same arc. I will experiment with it some more.

Speaking of neutral - a slip we had last summer was a starboard tie but our approach meant we had to go past the slip. I found the best way into the slip was to start an arc in the fairway then engage neutral and sit crossways in the fairway until the turbulence from prop wash and wake abated. Then enter slip in calm water. In the confines of a slip a lot of prop wash can thwart your best efforts.

Regards,

Rob

 

[thataway]

Thanks Bob, I have tried that and it seemed like I was just going back and forth in the same arc. I will experiment with it some more.
Then enter slip in calm water. In the confines of a slip a lot of prop wash can thwart your best efforts.

Regards,

Rob

It is the amount and duration of thrust, which is important. It is not immediate, and you want to get the bow headed toward, the dock--wait, and then short reverse, so that you don[t really gather sternway, The denser water deeper, helps with the right side walk of the prop in reverse. With the inboards, you just use the shifters, leaving the rudder hard to the direction you are going--and using the inboard in reverse, which has the proper walk toward the dock.