[PUP] Full walk-around versus asymmetrical versus no walk-around

[Scott Marks]

Correction -- "...our Nordhavn 64."  I did not realize I was already
suffering from the well known boaters disease "4 footitis."

Scott

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Scott Marks
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Subject: Re: [PUP] Full walk-around versus asymmetrical versus no
walk-around

We have been very pleased with the asymmetrical design of our Nordhavn 68.

In two years and 12,000 nm of travel, there are very few instances I can
recall of us NOT being able to safely end up in a starboard side tie.  The
extra interior room and livability is great and I would make this choice
again in a heartbeat.

To John Marshall's point, however, we do have the advantage of quite
powerful hydraulic bow and stern thrusters (35 hp each) driven by a wing
engine typically running at 1700 to 2100 rpm during docking operations -- no
problem with wimpy thrusters that have to be "babied."  We also have a
boarding door on the port side of the aft cockpit for those rare occasions
when we end up in a port side tie.

Scott Marks
N6403 SHEARWATER
http://yachtshearwater.com
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