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Vanislanddan

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Well, we moved her out of the driveway today. Our new-to-us 22. In the Chuck finally! Happy with the Yammy 2x40s. It seemed to like about 4900 RPM and settled at about 22 MPH. The trim is still a bit tricky for me, but will figure it out. The third time coming into dock looked a lot better than #1 or #2 time, that's for sure, but who else would provide the neighbours with such entertainment? Seem happy with my cdory decision so far...hope it sticks! Question: what is a heathky RPM for these twin 40 Yamahas?
 
Hi Dan, and Congratulations. So fun on the water. Some day I'll tell you about my first docking experience. Fortunately they do get better with practice. :lol:

The secret to docking is hanging on the back of your boat. The Twin Yami's. Go out where you have plenty of room to play and try this. Set the steering so you are going straight ahead. Go to neutral and let the boat come to rest. Now, put the stbd gear into reverse, the port gear into forward -- just at idle. Now sit there and see what happens. You are going to love this. Now try it the other way -- bet I didn't need to tell you that. Now try it with moving the forward gear ahead a bit farther, keeping the reverse in idle. WATCH where the boat moves. Next step, try (at idle speed) just moving one gear into reverse. I use this one for docking a lot. Play with this a bit and you will quit using your steering wheel inside the marina.

So, go, have fun, and enjoy.

Hope to see you on the water.... Friday Harbor?

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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you'll stick those landings, especially with twins. Go out into open water and learn how the boat lays to in the wind, and it's weathervane tendencies. Toss a buoy in and try to tap it with different parts of the boat going forward and backwards (no ropes attached to the buoy!).
 
Harvey is right, as always, re the coolness of throttle-only steering at slow speeds. Works even better if you hang twin Yami F150's 5 feet apart, but do not do this on a CD22.
Also, even with a single, you can make a much tighter turn if, before you start your turn, you shift to neutral, spin the wheel hard over, and THEN apply more than idle forward power. Works great in reverse, too.

A single engine will have a 'right hand' prop which will reverse much more powerfully to port than to starboard.
Take advantage of all this as you learn, and learn away from the docks in calm conditions just like Harvey advised. If you just ask an experienced hand they will more than likely show you some expert handling tricks on your boat. Boaters tend to be generous, polite, and helpful to 'newbies' who just identify themselves as such. Docking scratches are like parking lot scratches; get them fixed every 5 years or never, just like the car.
Generically, a well designed planing boat with the correct prop will be most efficient at about 3500 RPM and be (barely) on plane, and more comfortable at 4000 RPM with only a bit less MPG, so when you hit a wake, drive into the wind or current etc you don't fall off planing speed.
At WOT and best trim (it will not be zero) you should be able to get the motor to it's rated WOT RPM, or at least the bottom range if heavily loaded, which we all tend to be.
Have fun as you learn!
Cheers!
John
 
John :oops: Thanks for the kind words. I do envy the separation of your twins. Much quicker response with that separation. It is fun though isn't it?

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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gulfcoast john":2b311laz said:
Also, even with a single, you can make a much tighter turn if, before you start your turn, you shift to neutral, spin the wheel hard over, and THEN apply more than idle forward power. Works great in reverse, too.
Cheers
John
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Great post John! It's nice to see in writing what I taught myself to do. We're required to make such a tight turn in the narrow fairway at Twin Bridges Marina ine order to turn the boat the right orientation for the forklift to pick it up out of the water. :thup
 
What fine advice. We're now off the water, but love to read tales shared for new boaters. This site is as good as the day it started -- and so are the C-Dories! isn't learning with a new boat great fun? Like being a little kid again surrounded by supporting buddies.
 
On the other hand,when leaving the dock I find it easier to 'back out' of a tight docking space. It's just the opposite of a car where the front wheels turn and the rest follows.
 
You can also take one of the3 excellent courses by the National Safe Boating Council. There is an 8 hour classroom course, and several options for on the water. It will be the best few days and few $s you will spend on your boat. You will be able to assess any small power boat, quickly establish its innate operating parameters and maneuver it in the harbor and open water if you go for it and take advantage of all the courses they offer.

http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org

Close Quarters Boat Control is a 2 Day course and will get you set in the harbor:
http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org/close ... rol-course

Open Water Boat Control is a 2 day course that will take care of you out on the blue:
http://www.safeboatingcouncil.org/open- ... rol-course

Don't tell them I said so, but a lot of instructors can and will do both courses in 3 days, if you do them in consecutive days and already have some experience. Both courses first require a NASBLA approved 8 hour course.
 
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