find marinas with cheaper boats to tangle with..
seriously,in the last 35 years, there are pilings outside of prince rupert, guard pilings outside of oak harbors fueling dock, anchors and a few dock fenders/cleats/fixtures with paint and fiberglass I have donated. Things that are never a problem with less than 2 kts of current and zephyrs of wind become forces of satan with 30 to 40 blowing and you just want to get off the water.
We found that turning a 360 in a 40 ft boat in a 50 ft wide dockway merely a hope when the wind runs straight down the waterway.
I know it is bad form, (but very inexpensive), to actually intentionally raft to another boat leaving me 10 ft. off the dock, hop off, and drag my little vessel sideways back to her berth, cuz she shore aint gonna move sideways against the wind.
99 times out of 100 hundred you will nail it with a single screw and thread that boat into her home. But that one time.........that important one time, hope for other hands on the dock. I am pretty lucky that the marina I am at has 24 hour security and they have been known to answer a port radio call for help for some of our boaters coming back at the wrong time. I used to think that sailboats were mostly cursed with the docking manners of a vengeful X, but those dockominiums two and 3 storeys above the water have problems even with their thrusters. Congratulations on addressing and describing this pucker factor fear we all experience at one time or another.
