Backing a 25′ 4″ boat into a 26′ slip

This is a shot off the stern (back) of our boat (you can see our dinghy and outboard, which hang off the stern) as we go into the slip.

As I explain in another post, we had to go in backwards because the fore-stay on our boat would have hit the cross beam on the travel-lift if we went in forwards.

Also, now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t know who took this picture. I certainly didn’t as I was so nervous just trying to back the thing in straight. There were about 4-5 people per pier (out of the shot) trying to keep the boat centered and from rubbing against the concrete/steel side of the pier.

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