Trojan Boat Forum

So how do you park and why.
I pull bow in most of the time. Have to many live a boards blow boats thait come knocking as soon as we get there on thursday or Friday. It slows them down and keeps the eyes out of the cabin[/b]

I side tie now but when I had a covered slip I nosed in so I could sit on the boat in the evenings and look at the water and not the dock.

I always dock bow in. It is my personal preference since I prefer to have the stern of the boat in a position where I can see the Lake Michigan and away from all of the dock foot traffic. I come to the marina to be on the boat.

Many of my dock mates like to sit on the dock on their lawn chairs. While I like that once-in-a-while, I prefer to be on the boat even when I am not underway. I can sit on a lawn chair on my patio anytime, but I can only sit on the boat during boating season and while I am at the marina.

30 foot boat in a 40 foot covered berth. I always tie bow in, that gives a great view off the back deck and no people to watch walking back and forth......John

I dock bow in for the view aft..

back in my covered slip so bow is out. around here if you are bow in your being a snob.

i also enjoy people coming by and asking "wow thats beautiful boat, what kind is it?" makes me proud to say its a trojan and its a 1978.

you all know on this forum we are proud of our trojans.

I dock my boat bow out , around here bow in is mostly sail boats about 50% of them are bow in .

I back mine in (stern in). My marina doesn't have full length finger piers so getting in to the cockpit would be difficult if we pulled in bow first. I've gotten so used to backing in, I don't think I could pull bow in.

I always back into the slip. It is good practice for close quarters manuevering.

bow out ...

Bow in at our dock because it's really tight between boats and slips, and the view off the stern is of the lake. Backing down on a single takes some practice and patience, both of which we had on our 2008 Erie Canal trip. If I have enough room I can back the boat down better than forward, and I've done so at other places.

Randy, all,

My last slip was arranged that 2 boats were only inches apart, with now walkway between. Really 2 boats in one slip. Where I am now we have a walkway between each boat.
It was also a 25 foot slip and 10 feet wide, which made the total slip width of 20 feet. My F25 is 9' 4" wide, so with both boats in the slip, there was only about a foot between them. I had nightmares about trying to get into the slip when the other boat was in theirs.

Now, we're in a 30 foot slip, 13 feet wide and a walkway between each boat, but I still have trouble getting in. But backing in, for me would be impossible.
How can anyone get into a slip backwards when the boat is only steerable in one direction, when backing up?

Stern first, I can see lots of advantages in, but by the time I learn how to manage how to maneuver the boat, I'll be 90 years old.

Larry

I always back in, stern first. You can spin these twins on a dime....I also can appreciate a cockpit view, other than the dock. That's the view I get when I'm anchored... To each his own though.

I enjoy the cockpit at dockside. Also, this way, you don't have any water hose or shore power cords draping all over the boat. Nice and neat and ready to go. A level of security exists as well- Anyone walking the dock should be able to see any disturbance or intrusion on the boat.

how about neither!!! we parallel park next to the dock with the bows facing up the river (into the current). some guy tried putting finger slips on the dock, worked fine until the river floods and the current starts ripping 6-8 knots, ripped everything apart!! So I nose in, put a line on the bow, reverse the outside engine and drive it back and to the dock, put on the back lines, spring line and that's it.

I wish I could park up-river, down-river, head in or back in. Unfortunately my Trojan is still in rehab on dry land.