Answer To Rocking Dock, High Winds & No Sea Legs

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GaryMayo
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Answer To Rocking Dock, High Winds & No Sea Legs

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I have yet to establish my sea legs. Those docks, pitching up and down on each step is more than I can take. Today when I visited my boat, winds were at over 20 MPH with strong gusts. It is about 100 feet out to my boat. The docks are about the width of a child's tricycle (seems that narrow)

Solution! I grabbed the luggage wheel barrow, and while I pushed that, it gave me the stability I needed to bob across that dock out to my boat!

I spent several hours on the boat, cleaning, straightening, moving stuff about. Till the rains came, then I packed up and drove for home.

Had a good time out in the fresh air. I am going to hate winter. I usually love it, but I am going to miss sailing and my sailboat.
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Re: Answer To Rocking Dock, High Winds & No Sea Legs

Post by LOUIS B HOLUB »

Five years as a Macier', and I still get "sea - legs" :|
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