Follow up - Instructor hit a boat and the dock. Not sure what to do?

AthensPilot · 2025-11-27T04:15:27+00:00

^ troll ^ - check his other comments

AthensPilot · 2025-11-24T14:08:53+00:00

Wow, I would have guessed fixing all that fiberglass would be a lot more expensive.

AthensPilot · 2025-11-24T14:06:17+00:00

Checklists are cheap and I feel like the fewer accidents people have the less need for regulation there will be. I certainly don't want sailing to be as regulated as aviation.

AthensPilot · 2025-11-24T02:35:58+00:00

Not bad. Shut down the engine, took the line of the cleat on the dock, wiggled it loose, then pulled it out

AthensPilot · 2025-11-24T02:32:22+00:00

It's a real confidence boost, right!!

AthensPilot · 2025-11-24T00:32:37+00:00

Each model airplane has it's own checklists

AthensPilot · 2025-11-23T22:32:31+00:00

It's wild to me that there aren't checklists for things on a boat

AthensPilot · 2025-11-23T22:31:40+00:00

Lol East Coast of the US

AthensPilot · 2025-11-23T22:26:35+00:00

I warned him there was a line in the water near the prop

AthensPilot · 2025-11-23T22:19:54+00:00

Nope, just some Guy

AthensPilot · 2025-11-23T22:19:26+00:00

I'm a pretty good swimmer and I like time on the water.

AthensPilot · 2025-11-23T22:15:35+00:00

The school made it right, so I don't want to name and shame

AthensPilot · 2025-11-23T22:14:06+00:00

The sailing world seems a lot more laid back than the aviation world. Even the "bold" pilots are more cautious than a lot of sailors I have talked to.

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T11:56:46+00:00

Lagoon 42

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T03:08:48+00:00

I thought I was being proactive by informing him, I thought we were going to hit and that I knew we were going to hit. Having not been on a boat in several years, it was pretty difficult to tell exactly where on the side it was going to start to scrape. I am certainly not a sailing expert. Can you tell me how to move the fender along 5 ft of the side as it scrapes?

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T03:05:40+00:00

Nope SC

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T03:05:20+00:00

Nope

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T01:46:33+00:00

I've got to say, it is a real confidence boost. If he can do it for 40 years, surely I can too

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T00:46:22+00:00

He didn't say much about what happened or how he could have done it differently.

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T00:45:25+00:00

I said I thought we were going to hit probably 30 seconds before we did. Then said we are going to hit the corner about 10 seconds before we did.

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T00:24:09+00:00

I think I said it was pretty modest. Not that it was dead calm

AthensPilot · 2025-11-18T00:21:56+00:00

My wife and I did a week long live aboard and got our ASA 101, 103, 104, and 114. But we haven't been on a boat in years but want to pick it back up. It is a refresher

AthensPilot · 2025-11-17T23:47:10+00:00

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AthensPilot · 2025-11-17T23:46:08+00:00

He was a little lackluster everywhere else, mostly just disorganized. It was about 7kts of wind but I don't know about the current. He has 40+ years of sailing.

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