Using prop wash
Here are a couple of examples: Tie up to a wall port side to. Approach at an angle. When the bow is close, reverse the prop, and prop walk will pull in the stern. Turning right into a slip. Pass the slip, do a u-turn to port in the chanel. Then you are turning to port on entering the slip. Pulse the engine in reverse. Use good hard pulses to get speed up quickly, and allow correction to starboard with the rudder between pulses. This is probably the most important technique I have learned. Balance prop walk with a stern line. When we cast off ot back out of our slip, we keep the stern straight during the first pulse by pulling on a line to starboard. Once we are moving and have steerage way, we cast off that line. As a final note, I don't believe there are complete solutions to prop walk, which is caused by the differential pressure from the top of the prop to the bottom, the clearance at the top, and the angle at which shaft leave the hull, all of which make sideways thrust of the lower blade of the prop more effective than the upper. We do have the modifications from Bay Prop in Alameda, and can recommend this solution. The principle advantage for us has been a half knot increase in our top speed, and a reduction in vibration. We still have the (slightly reduced)prop walk! David Lady Lillie
Here are a couple of examples: Tie up to a wall port side to. Approach at an angle. When the bow is close, reverse the prop, and prop walk will pull in the stern. Turning right into a slip. Pass the slip, do a u-turn to port in the chanel. Then you are turning to port on entering the slip. Pulse the engine in reverse. Use good hard pulses to get speed up quickly, and allow correction to starboard with the rudder between pulses. This is probably the most important technique I have learned. Balance prop walk with a stern line. When we cast off ot back out of our slip, we keep the stern straight during the first pulse by pulling on a line to starboard. Once we are moving and have steerage way, we cast off that line. As a final note, I don't believe there are complete solutions to prop walk, which is caused by the differential pressure from the top of the prop to the bottom, the clearance at the top, and the angle at which shaft leave the hull, all of which make sideways thrust of the lower blade of the prop more effective than the upper. We do have the modifications from Bay Prop in Alameda, and can recommend this solution. The principle advantage for us has been a half knot increase in our top speed, and a reduction in vibration. We still have the (slightly reduced)prop walk! David Lady Lillie