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Interesting video demonstrating Beneteau's new Dock & Go system. It shows a 50' Beneteau turning on a dime and parallel parking.

See it HERE.

I want to be able to do that with my 26M.

Side Thrusters are a nice little MOD to any boat, I want them and some Jimmy B, to go with the flow. Rob

You can't quite parallel park but the technique known as back and fill is good to know

Indeed, as Steph says, "back and fill" is the only way to go in tight spaces, and you don't really need a thruster.

Here's a movie of how it's done:

http://www.videos.sailingcourse.com/cru ... ivot-0.wmv

Bransher wrote:Interesting video demonstrating Beneteau's new Dock & Go system. It shows a 50' Beneteau turning on a dime and parallel parking.

See it HERE.

I want to be able to do that with my 26M.

And on a windy day??????

And on a windy day??????

Fenders & pray!!!

Bransher wrote:Interesting video demonstrating Beneteau's new Dock & Go system. It shows a 50' Beneteau turning on a dime and parallel parking.

See it HERE.

I want to be able to do that with my 26M.

For an extra $400,000, you can.

Back and Fill, very nice. Never saw that before.
Learn something new every day.
Have to practice that the next time out.
Thanks for enlightening me.

RussMT wrote:

Bransher wrote:
I want to be able to do that with my 26M.

For an extra $400,000, you can.

I can furnish & install thrusters on you Mac 26 for less than $10,000.

If you want to spend $400.000 we can furnish and install a helicopter system and you can sell your trailor.

John, if I had $400,000.00 to spend, I doubt that I would be spending it on accessories for a Mac.
Not that there is anything wrong with a Mac. (reminds me of a Jerry Seinfeld episode)

I've got a great idea for a million-dollar mod for a MacGregor 19 - dinghy davits!

They'd go on a Gunboat catamaran, so I could use it to carry the Mac across the oceans....

Bransher wrote:if I had $400,000.00 to spend, [/i])[/size]

If I had $400,000 to spend,
I would have an exotic Sailing yacht with a Mac 26 hanging in the davits.

John McDonough wrote:

Bransher wrote:if I had $400,000.00 to spend, [/i])[/size]

If I had $400,000 to spend,
I would have an exotic Sailing yacht with a Mac 26 hanging in the davits.

If I had $400,000 to spend,
I would not have posted this!

Québec 1 wrote:

John McDonough wrote:

Bransher wrote:if I had $400,000.00 to spend, [/i])[/size]

If I had $400,000 to spend,
I would have an exotic Sailing yacht with a Mac 26 hanging in the davits.

If I had $400,000 to spend,
I would not have posted this!

If I had $400,000 to spend,
you'd all be smoking a Romeo Y Julieta.

All we need is a bow thruster, we already have the outboard to act as a sail drive.
I come into the Dock ramp that is exposed for a mile in 2-3 ft. following seas often, sometimes I have to anchor and sober up to plan the tactical maneuver in advance.

Dave