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Shaggybaxter said..

frant said..
Shaggy, when it saw that you had posted on this thread I had a sinking moment of dread that you were going to extoll as one of the virtues of your new build that it could be beached with keel up sitting on the twin rudders while you careened the bottom.

Hehehe...I'll be happy if I can dock the new boat without wiping out all of the neighbours let alone bumping it into an island or two in our little sandpit

Yes, potential for heart ache there. I previously had a Noelex30 and the handling difference coming into a pen between board up and down was immense. Also in your case twin rudders will need a learning curve cause you won't be able to use prop wash on the rudder.
I should imagine that your maiden docking at your club will be in front of a large audience of interested spectators. A moment to savour, but I should imagine quite nerve wracking. Going to be fun though I'm sure.

nothing like an audience to raise the pressure. I can back the boat into the pen without drama nine times out of ten. Get one helpfull person on the jetty waiting to hand me the mooring lines and you can pretty much guarantee a stuff up.

Five minutes after my last post this morning I get a phone call from my mate with a Cav 32. She came off her mooring in Currambene creek in JB and went up on a sand bank. Dried out nicely and refloated last night on a high tide. Same contractor so I'm fairly certain I know what failed! He sailed back up here to his other mooring. I sailed down and met him halfway while on my way fishing. Bit of a dirty mark on the side but no damage.