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Getting out isn't the real problem, but getting in can be in a good blow.  
Practice, practice and more practice so you learn the rate of drift for your 
 current wind conditions. There was also an old trick posted many years ago 
that  I never paid any attention to because I knew I would never need to 
use it. It  involved a line tied across your dock just before you would ram 
it. It allows  for more speed coming into the slip. There were some spring 
lines thrown in for  good measure. Hopefully one of the other old timers can 
find it and repost for  everyone's benefit.

Rummy

In a message dated 5/29/2012 1:28:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
amazingmisterx at gmail.com writes:

As a  new boat owner I am having docking isues in wind.  I would like  some
suggestions concerning what steps to take in order to learn to do a  better
job of it.  This weekend at Lake Erie it was quite windy.   We wanted to 
sail
but when we tried to untie from our slip the wind was so  strong we couldn't
control the boat.  The wind was trying to blow the  boat away from us.  Our
slip is has the wind blowing our port side  away from the dock instead of
into the dock.  Perhaps we were trying  to go out in too windy conditions. 
We saw other sailboats out though they  were at least 26 footers.

We don't want to use our Rhodes as a floating  cabin, we got the boat to 
sail
it.

Anything you might suggest that  might help us to get up to speed with our
skills?  Now once away from  the dock I can sail no problem.  I just need to
get out and  in.

Sometimes I feel dumb asking these questions, but I guess I can't  learn if 
I
don't ask.

Ron
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