Can’t seem to pluck up courage to reverse out of my very awkward marina berth. I can enter bow first keeping in the middle of a 200 foot channel which is chocker block with boats (some very expensive) on either side leaving me with a couple of foot port and starboard. My boat (my first) is a pretty good motorsailer (11m), long keeled and beamy but it does have a bowthruster.
It’s probably a psychological problem rather than a lack of spatial awareness – maybe I’m just paranoid about denting another boat(s). Not much experience, just the DS practical and a 200 nm maiden voyage (two handed) which included a 2 am arrival into an unfamiliar port, which was quite challenging. I’ve since had a couple of days instruction concentrating on close quarter manoeuvring (without using the thrusters) and am confident picking up moorings (single handed on occasion), parking up on open pontoons and even reversing up and down river (away from other boats).
Any helpful suggestions, even serious ones, would be welcome as I am very reluctant to entertain family and friends onboard until I can deal with this. I have recently topped up on fenders and now have 2 huge ball fenders and 10 regular ones…..
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