"On my bay boat, I could just drive in on a 30ish degree angle, turn the motor toward the dock (in reverse) at the right time and be done. The pulpit and long pilings prevented this angle. By the time the back end pulled around, the house had gathered speed heading away from the dock"
The key...
Hello Bodick93
"I should have pointed the tail into the wind and eased sideways to the end of the dock, stepped off with the lines, and walked the boat around the end, to be perpendicular to the wind and tie up".
That sounds like the safest most controlled approach.
I spent 22 years in the...
2020 Parker 2520XL F300 (167 hrs)
Free standing 2nd station
Deluxe helm seats P/S
Seas-pension x2
Garmin 942 XSV with B60
Garmin 110 VHF
Ice blue
Fresh water wash-down
Trim tab indicators
LED spreader light x1
OSF4 15 Power Tech Prop
Lift kept, no paint or trailer
Urbanna Va $132,000
I think you will find it worth the wait. I waited 7 weeks for an OFS4-16 that it did everything I had hoped except for only getting 5500 rpm wot. Sent it back and got the 15 in short order. I haven't put much time on the 15 yet, but both OFS4 props give noticeable stern lift, better bight going...
Running an F-300 on a 2020 2520 with an OFS4 (four blade) 15 pitch x 15 1/4. I'm getting 40 mph at 6000 rpm, 5 bars of trim, 26 gph, flat water. She hops up on plane in a few second - half tank, two people. What is you max rpm?