If the wind is light, try to just pull parallel a few feet from the dock and let the wind take you in. In heavier winds, come in with your bow first using reverse to slow down. Once you have secured the bow, use reverse or the wind to bring in the stern.
Approach at a narrow angle about 20 degrees
Go parallel with the dock, stop the engine, and let the current drift you to the dock.
If the wind is light, try to just pull parallel a few feet from the dock and let the wind take you in. In heavier winds, come in with your bow first using reverse to slow down. Once you have secured the bow, use reverse or the wind to bring in the stern.
Pushing the standing AND/OR free end TOWARD the knot should loosen it up.
To leave the dock with the current pushing against you, first assess the current's strength and direction. Start by using your engine to create thrust away from the dock while simultaneously steering the boat at an angle toward the current, allowing it to push you off the dock. If possible, use fenders to protect the boat from the dock as you maneuver. Once free, steer into the current to gain control and head in your desired direction.
toward
When an object is falling toward Earth, the force pushing up on the object is gravity, which is pulling the object downward towards the Earth's center. There is no active force pushing the object up as it falls.
An ocean current that is moving toward the equator has the same effects as those of a geostrophic current.
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If the wind is light, try to just pull parallel a few feet from the dock and let the wind take you in. In heavier winds, come in with your bow first using reverse to slow down. Once you have secured the bow, use reverse or the wind to bring in the stern.
If the object is outside the earth's atmosphere, there is no force pushing up on it. If it is inside the earth's atmosphere, then air drag is pushing up on it.
The word approach means when you come toward someone.