Always lacked coordination.......

[Brian37]

I have problems with parking in tight spots, even with a regular sedan. I guess I'm not man enough then.

Gender has nothing to do with it. You are either good at something or you are not. I am not good at driving big vehicles, or even pick ups with trailers attached to them.

[GrandizerII]

I have problems with parking in tight spots, even with a regular sedan. I guess I'm not man enough then.

Gender has nothing to do with it. You are either good at something or you are not. I am not good at driving big vehicles, or even pick ups with trailers attached to them.

It's meant to be read in a joking way. Totally in agreement with you, though. And that's the point I was trying to make with the humor.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Backing up a two wheeled trailer is a piece of piss - it' s simple as can be.


Try backing up a four wheeled trailer - like a hay wagon - where the front wheels steer via the drawbar.

THAT'S the one that separates the men from the boys...

I "parallel parked" this.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Backing up a two wheeled trailer is a piece of piss - it' s simple as can be.


Try backing up a four wheeled trailer - like a hay wagon - where the front wheels steer via the drawbar.

THAT'S the one that separates the men from the boys...

I "parallel parked" this.

Big deal - you weren't pulling a trailer, so clearly you're not a REAL man.

Boru

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I "parallel parked" this.

Big deal - you weren't pulling a trailer, so clearly you're not a REAL man.

Boru

I can regain my mojo by pointing out that there were TWO Iowa-class battleships tied up at the same pier. I parked behind New Jersey. Missouri was across the pier.

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BTW, for a WWII hysterian to be able to stand on the spot where WWII ended was to be able to check off the first item on my bucket list.

[onlinebiker]

Pffftttt..

Multi screw with bow thrusters. You might as well have a couple of tugs....



A single screw, single rudder on a cross wind and following current --- now THERE is a challenge...




Edit to add...

And parking the damned thing is easy.

Try navigating with only a compass, MF-RDF, depth finder and charts - in zero visibility.

I passed by bringing the boat back, 20 miles, and into a river breakwater that way.

No GPS back then...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Try it when the wind is dead foul. That was three hours getting her to the pier, with five tugs.

[onlinebiker]

Want fun docking stories?

Talk to Al Hoxie. He was the only Captain of the Milwaukee Clipper - an old side load, single screw, single rudder ferry that ran from Muskegon Mi to Milwaukee... 

I rode that ferry in the 1960' s, and met Al a couple years ago. ( he's curator of the ship museum - the ship quit the run a number of years ago).

He's a salty ol bugger for a lake sailor..

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I talked some of my cousins into booking cruises on the Edmund Fitzgerald.