RiverDave
In it to win it
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I don't get it.. I watch guys with boats all the time that pull up to docks, and I'd describe the scene as more of a slow speed crash than an actual docking procedure. I watch guys like Lee at Schiada walk right down a sandy beach right onto the deck of their bazillion dollar boats and moon walk right back into the cockpit and the things always look showroom. Then I'll watch them take it right over to a bar with bolts and nails hanging out the side of the dock, not use one fender and tie the thing off with the one rope they have in the boat (usually a ski line) and nothing ever happens.. I realize this sounds like a joke, but I'm actually being serious. LOL
Then you got me, if you have ever been in a boat with me I'll put it on the dock perfectly every time. I got fenders that are properly sized for Paul Allen's yacht.. I'm super cautious about any sand, no shoes on the boat, making sure the boat is perfectly parallel. No matter what I'll always end up with something, doesn't matter how hard I try. Over the years I just kind of learned that it's easier just to have a gel guy you can work with. Hence the reason why when my double throw down paranoid friends say "You beach your boat?" My response is always "I got a gel guy."
It's the end of the "traditional" boating season for 2018 (we boat year round), and it's time to do some clean up on both boats and get them ready for next season. My Hallett took a freakin beating this summer, and spending a month in the water down in Parker didn't help.
Each scratch has a story, and each one pisses me off to no end, but that's tales for the barstool, not the boards.
Then you got me, if you have ever been in a boat with me I'll put it on the dock perfectly every time. I got fenders that are properly sized for Paul Allen's yacht.. I'm super cautious about any sand, no shoes on the boat, making sure the boat is perfectly parallel. No matter what I'll always end up with something, doesn't matter how hard I try. Over the years I just kind of learned that it's easier just to have a gel guy you can work with. Hence the reason why when my double throw down paranoid friends say "You beach your boat?" My response is always "I got a gel guy."
It's the end of the "traditional" boating season for 2018 (we boat year round), and it's time to do some clean up on both boats and get them ready for next season. My Hallett took a freakin beating this summer, and spending a month in the water down in Parker didn't help.
Each scratch has a story, and each one pisses me off to no end, but that's tales for the barstool, not the boards.