Alan: It is time for you to outline the proceedure you use to dock the boat under spinnaker only. Step by step please, just like the rope coiling.While Alan is composing his thoughs, I'll just ramble on a bit. My slip is an up wind slip, which is the type I always select in the event I ever have to sail into it, which I have a number of times both under emergency and just for the fun of it. A upwind slip is just easier for me. All I have to do is back the main and it serves as a brake. The rule is that you use the sail FARTHEST from the wind to sail into a dock. Sometimes my brother dock neighbors on the downwind side of the dock REALLY provide exciting entertainment for all present when they try to sail into their slip with the main instead of the jib. Ironically, they do it every time. How many times does it take for a mate to bounce off the dock because he is unable to stop the boat before he figures out he is doing something wrong. One guy in particular on our dock is very difficult to talk to - you can't tell him anything. Perhaps you might know people like that on your dock. The first time we saw him bounce off the dock a couple of us tried to explain a better way but he told us to screw off. Later we explained it to his wife at the YC but she told us he is just a thick head. OK ALAN, FIRE AWAY!!