[Public-List] Backing up

[Gordon Laco]

Hi Gang -

I agree... SURPRISE  is no problem to back up unless the wind makes  
her want to lay her head in a direction other than that which I want  
her to.     She will always try to turn her stern into the wind when  
backing up.  We counter this by using 'burps' of power and lots of  
sternway so that the rudder has a chance to work.  Another factor is  
that the effect of the wind is related to time. The shorter the time  
you are doing your maneauver, the less the cumulative effect of the  
wind will be.

When all else fails, the A30's ability to spin within her own length  
saves the day.  Sometimes rather than try to make SURPRISE do  
something I know she won't do, like back up turning downwind, we turn  
the other way and spin her.

Gord #426 Surprise



On 6-Nov-09, at 3:58 PM, Kris Coward wrote:

>
> Whenever I've backed Candy Cane up, I've always noticed windage to  
> be a
> far more significant factor than prop walk. Though I'm usually backing
> out in a fairly tight space where I use stern lines (on a med mooring)
> more than the prop to pull the boat back, I'm also in a really nicely
> sheltered mooring where the windage shouldn't be that noticeable  
> either.
>
> My only successful techniques for Alberg-backing typically involve
> warping. (This isn't intended as a defeatist statement; I backed Candy
> Cane into her winter mooring just the Sunday before last quite quickly
> and efficiently).
>
> Cheers,
> Kris
> Candy Cane #583
>
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 03:47:55PM -0500, John Flanders wrote:
>> In Picton this summer a veteran A30 owner told me that even God  
>> couldn't
>> back an Alberg, yet Tim Williams once backed my boat as easily as  
>> if he
>> was parallel parking a car.
>> I too would be interested in tips on backing up.
>> John Flanders
>> Sam
>> #624
>>
>> On 2009-11-06, at 3:25 PM, jirving104 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Has anybody found a way to steer an A-30 when backing up?  Is  
>>> there a
>>> propeller that works better than others?
>>>
>>> John Irving
>>> Scotch Bonnet
>>> #634
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