Therefore, when dropping the hook off the beach and then backing down so you could run a stern anchor ashore, it’s not a bad idea to make a dive down to the anchor. We’re talking mostly common sense here, but we’ve seen the results when one is too carefree.īoats like to have their pointy ends into the wind/current/wakes, which often are not apparent on a calm day off a lake or riverfront beach - but one of them will show up sooner or later. OK, let’s skip the disaster scenarios, anchor off a welcoming beach and enjoy the day. And we all know what that gets us: the possibility of another spill - from the bank account.Īgain, patience and proper seamanship is the key here. Every line less than a proper bow, stern and, if necessary, springs, increases the chance of a spill. What will make the fuel flow is hanging by one line while you’re doing the deed. (I’m not going to touch on launch ramps here that’s a whole different article.) Yes, nobody likes hanging out watching grandpa fuel up seemingly with an eyedropper, but edging ever closer and glaring probably won’t make him fuel faster. Where else is there a lively flock of anxious boaters? Around the fuel dock, of course. You don’t want to be abeam when your neighbor executes a panic turn. When there’s a crowd waiting for the bridge, hang astern and not in tandem. Perhaps there’s a lurking sea-cop who will give the cur his just due. In other words, don’t give in to the impulse to “kind-of drift” in his way as he powers through the pack, thus forcing him to back off. Yes, he should be punished, but not by you. Be nice also to the hotdogger who needs to pass everyone while slower vessels are shaping up for the span. It’s common courtesy.īe nice to the auxiliary sailboat odds are he’s underpowered, which can create problems as he negotiates through. Down-current vessels have the right of way and should be allowed to proceed through the draw before the upstream crowd. Bow or stern to the wind or current enables the vessel to hold position and can keep you from needing to execute an inadvertent 180. Watch the shore as you swing the bow around to breast the current odds are that during the turn you’ll be set further down than expected - which can be embarrassing if there’s a bridge or another vessel in the way. And the frontrunners often forget that wind and currents tend to be tricky within the narrow channel of a draw.Įxperienced boaters waiting in current-infested channels know that the set is quicker when they’re broadside to the stream. Remind me again what the prize is for being the first through? There must be one, because all too often I’ve seen a spirited competition for that post position. He drifted down on the bridge’s rip-rap, bounced off, spun out and slammed into a waiting sailboat.
The flybridge convertible with the chatty group gathered around the helm would edge towards the span on the current and at the last moment twist around and work upstream. The bridge was slow opening, and this guy was not paying attention.
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