Resqu2
Well-Known Member
So I'm new to boating, always been a jet ski guy. I'm on a busy lake and it's always windy, at least when we are out. Our dock space is a double and has a good size cruiser type boat beside us and I have around 2ft of extra room when parked. This 2ft leaves NO room for error when docking. Last week the wind was pretty good and the wife was trying to pull it in and my only job is keeping us from hitting the other boat and we smacked the dock pretty good, the dock worker saw us and came and helped, I think he thought we hit the other boat is why he really came down but we didn't. This past trip I actually dropped the trolling motor and just used it and surprisingly this worked better than running the outboard but it still wasn't easy because of the tight space.
The Marina is packed this year so asking for another larger space isn't an option I don't think. I see others that have a worse time than me but I see some just drive right in in worse conditions than what I go out in. I'm sure practice makes perfect but it's hard to practice when your so afraid of hitting another boat which just isn't an option. It's only me and the wife so we don't have an extra person to help which would be great but most of the time that's not an option. Any helpful advice??
The Marina is packed this year so asking for another larger space isn't an option I don't think. I see others that have a worse time than me but I see some just drive right in in worse conditions than what I go out in. I'm sure practice makes perfect but it's hard to practice when your so afraid of hitting another boat which just isn't an option. It's only me and the wife so we don't have an extra person to help which would be great but most of the time that's not an option. Any helpful advice??