Keeping You Current - Weekly Emails

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In addition to keeping you up to speed about the events going on at Club Nautique, we provide educational tips and a weekly entertaining "Noggin' Boggler" quiz to challenge your nautical know how and maybe win a prize! See some examples below!

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Past stories:

 

2011 Memorial Day Cruise to Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay
May 26 through May 30, 2011 - From San Francisco Bay to Monterey Bay to Half Moon Bay and back home. Was a great weekend!

 

Max Crittenden talks about the Single Handed Transpac
One of our beloved instructors, Max Crittenden, successfully completed a challenge of a lifetime, we had a chance to chat with this reluctant hero about the experience...

 

Rod Witel - "Blue Skies"
Our resident Renaissance man, Rod Witel, whipped up this catchy little ditty and created an enjoyable video collage of Club Nautique boats! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Thanks Rod!

 

 

 

Tip & Noggin Boggler from June 8, 2010

Use a spring line and fender(s) to maneuver away from a dock in tight situations or cross winds.

A useful technique for getting away from a dock when your bow and stern are close to other boats, or when wind is pressing you up against the dock, is to use a spring line off the bow (or stern) to pivot the boat out and away from the dock. Once clear, shift gears, pull away from the dock, and recover the spring line. Take care to retrieve the spring line quickly so as to not get it caught in the prop.

Doubling the spring line back to the boat will allow you to do this maneuver without leaving anyone on the dock. It is also helpful to have a "roving fender" at the ready to cushion contact between your boat and the dock during this maneuver.

 

 

If you're not tied to the dock, the three tools to maneuver the boat are wind, rudder and prop walk. There are conditions and limitations to these tools.

Below, match the conditions and limitations to the corresponding tool (two each):

1. Will only turn the bow away from itself
2. Works best when boat is in reverse gear
3. Is less useful when in still air
4. Doesn't work in reverse gear unless boat is actually moving through the water
5. Will only work in one direction
6. Will only work with waterflow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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