Backing up your Vega with 100% sucess rate.

[Peter]

The whole secret to going the way you want when backing up your Vega is this:
Don't decide which way you want to turn until the boat makes up it's mind and
turns by itself. Then ... decide that's the direction you need to go! It works
every time ;-)

Peter
#1331 'Sin Tacha'

 

[tim_klynn]

Mine always backs up to starboard. Makes it easy to decide which way to go. -Tim

 

[sailshiva]

Did anyone see the article in this month's Good Old Boat on how to overcome prop walk with a "banister"? This only works in your home slip but if you are in a tight marina, it is a great idea. Fix a line to the cleat at the forward end of the dock, and run it back to a cleat at the back of the dock. Then when you go to back up, loop either a bow line or midship line under the "banister." The line slips along the line so you can hold the boat parallel to the dock as you go. When you get near the back cleat, just pull the line free. Then with a push or pull with the boat hook, you can get drifting backwards in the direction (most of the time) that you want to go. We haven't tried this yet, but it looks a little easier than backing all the way out of the marina.
Sheila________________________________
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Sent: Mon, June 21, 2010 5:47:44 AM
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Mine always backs up to starboard. Makes it easy to decide which way to go. -Tim

 

[Vega1447]

Hi Sheila,
provided midship line isn't long enough to reach prop once released it
sounds like a neat system.
I find that once boat is reversed out into open water it is usually
impossible to stop bow falling downwind whn reversing. Obviously
boathooks and slip lines can get around this. I usually go with the
flow and do a Uturn in forward gear if necessary.

John V1447 Breakaway

John Kinsella
Mathematics and Statistics Dept
University of Limerick

Phone 0035361202148
Web jkcray.maths.ul.ieOn Jun 21, 2010, at 4:00 PM, "Sheial Gaquin" sailshiva@...
wrote:

 

[sailshiva]

Hi John
I didn't describe the line handling very well. A crew member has the bitter end in one hand, and the end attached to the boat in the other hand, while the line is looped over the banister dock line, then pulls it through when the boat clears the slip--it reminded me of the maneuver you use to pull docking lines through bollards in the locks on the French canals. Like I said, we haven't tried this, so it's all theory at this point.

Sheila________________________________
From: John.Kinsella John.Kinsella@...
To: AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, June 21, 2010 9:12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AlbinVega] Backing up your Vega with 100% sucess rate.


Hi Sheila,
provided midship line isn't long enough to reach prop once released it
sounds like a neat system.
I find that once boat is reversed out into open water it is usually
impossible to stop bow falling downwind whn reversing. Obviously
boathooks and slip lines can get around this. I usually go with the
flow and do a Uturn in forward gear if necessary.

John V1447 Breakaway

John Kinsella
Mathematics and Statistics Dept
University of Limerick

Phone 0035361202148
Web jkcray.maths.ul.ieOn Jun 21, 2010, at 4:00 PM, "Sheial Gaquin" sailshiva@...
wrote:

 

[Vega1447]

Hi Sheila, you described it fine. I made the mistake of assuming that
you were describing a technique for use by a single-hander.

I really must start being nicer to people and perhaps they will crew
for me.

John V1447 Breakaway

John Kinsella
Mathematics and Statistics Dept
University of Limerick

Phone 0035361202148
Web jkcray.maths.ul.ieOn Jun 21, 2010, at 7:25 PM, "Sheial Gaquin" sailshiva@...
wrote: