good way to dock hobie 16 ??????

Ok.. I am hoping this is enough time since you have posted that you don't get to upset with me... But this is seriously funny... Yeah.. I know it wasn't for you at the time... But damn... If I had seen this happen... first I would have checked to make sure everyone was OK.. Then I would have had to walked away for a minute and had a really good laugh...

Seriously... Smashing a car with a sailboat under power... I am sitting here having to take breaks from typing this because I am laughing... and passing this story along for sure.....


Heck.. you know the drill... typically you can entertain yourself all day watching idiot powerboaters on a busy boat ramp...

But this...


I hope you are not to mad at me for having a great laugh at someones expense.. (hopefully it wasn't to much of an expen$e..) but dang....







Oh... and docks suck... I have done it a bunch.. and it just isn't any fun... Powerboats don't understand and are always in the way... So I just bypass the dock and hog the ramp for a few minutes... Depower on the way... drop the main... ect.. Dropping the main is pretty easy to do on the water with some practice...

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This is my Hobie on the dock:



Prevailing winds are usually in my favor & run roughly lengthwise down the dock. I sail directly into it & turn up into the wind at the last second. I walk the boat backwards holding the shrouds, around the end of the dock. I then lift the nose & drag it on deck along carpet runners. I set up four anchor points to keep it from being tossed around in boat wake / weather. Look closely & you can see my 9 year old climbing up the swim ladder. I disptach him into the water if we're about to test fiberglass.

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Anderson, SC
1987 Hobie 16
Learning to sail.