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Carol,

When coming into berths - slowly does it - we are notorious for taking for-ever in a day to get into a marina berth. We do the last 100 yards with the engine in neutral - if we need any power to get steerage on its a quick flick into gear and then back to neutral.
Jonny

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When doing my coastal course, the instructor said "Don't fart about in neutral, the way to do it is a big burst of power, then whack it into reverse". We watched in awe as he demonstrated the technique. Unfortunately when he selected reverse, the gear selector sheared off! As we were doing approx 3 kts, you can imagine the number of G & T's that were spilt, not to mention a few metres of GRP missing from various boats!!!


Lesson learnt - put not your trust in mechanical beasties! Nice and easy does it every time!