dhays
Guru
- Joined
- May 26, 2015
- Messages
- 9,553
- Location
- Gig Harbor, WA
- Vessel Name
- Kinship
- Vessel Make
- 2010 North Pacific 43
So my wife and have have been in Port Orchard for a couple days at the marina. Nice spot.
Today as I was sitting in the boat reading, I hear a LOT of electric thruster activity. Turns out an older gentleman was coming in his his new Ranger 29. He wanted to side tie at the end of the long and very wide fairway. Half way down the fairway, he turned the boat side to, and proceeded to use his bow and stern thruster to slide all the way down the fairway to the end.
Nice little boat. From the dock talk I overhead it is new to him and sure looked like a brand new boat. So he doesn’t know how to handle it, he will learn.
Well, tonight he just left after dark. Again, a whole lot of thruster activity made me look. He used his thrusters to get away from the dock (no wind, no current, lots of room) and then drifted as he put on his jacket, fiddled with stuff, and climbed up onto the flybridge. I expected him to put the boat in forward and just steer his way out of the marina. Well, he put the boat in forward and started to steer, but he kept using his thrusters to point the boat straight down the fairway. 60’ wide fairway. No wind. No current….
Now I wonder if he will ever actually learn to handle the boat? I am NOT a great boat handler, despite years of experience. Even so….
Today as I was sitting in the boat reading, I hear a LOT of electric thruster activity. Turns out an older gentleman was coming in his his new Ranger 29. He wanted to side tie at the end of the long and very wide fairway. Half way down the fairway, he turned the boat side to, and proceeded to use his bow and stern thruster to slide all the way down the fairway to the end.
Nice little boat. From the dock talk I overhead it is new to him and sure looked like a brand new boat. So he doesn’t know how to handle it, he will learn.
Well, tonight he just left after dark. Again, a whole lot of thruster activity made me look. He used his thrusters to get away from the dock (no wind, no current, lots of room) and then drifted as he put on his jacket, fiddled with stuff, and climbed up onto the flybridge. I expected him to put the boat in forward and just steer his way out of the marina. Well, he put the boat in forward and started to steer, but he kept using his thrusters to point the boat straight down the fairway. 60’ wide fairway. No wind. No current….
Now I wonder if he will ever actually learn to handle the boat? I am NOT a great boat handler, despite years of experience. Even so….