Profile updated. I am in Central Connecticut, along the CT river. Maiden Voyage was yesterday and wow, so many questions. Running the boat out on the river for the first time was great. Handles amazing, feels solid, twin 200's purring, and even in it's break in period it had tons of thrust. I can't wait to see how she goes after the first 7 hours click by! I'm told it's like a whole new boat all over again. I was learning the various modes on the Medallion system, specifically the docking mode. I would think if you set the docking speed at 1 or 2 mph that the boat would hold there, but that was not the case. It seemed to work well, but the speeds crept up to 5 or 6 mph. I would love to hear peoples methods for docking and trailer loading. This is where I had the most difficulty. First I am on a river, so there was some current. Then I am learning to reverse in reverse I will put it, as steering is backwards when backing. I played around next to the dock for a few minutes approaching numerous times with what seemed like a different result each time. Then getting her back on the trailer was a challenge. Thank god the ramps were empty and there was no one waiting behind me because they would have been as frustrated as I was. After I finally got her up onto the trailer I realized I should probably have just coasted towards it and shut the engine down, rather than forward/reverse, forward/reverse where once again the backwards reverse steering got me. What are others doing to make this easier? Once loaded, I pulled it out of the water and it wasn't quite straight on the trailer. I had to back down into the water two more times to get it to sit as level as I could. And tips here?
All and all it was a fun enjoyable time. I am looking forward to learning more and getting better at it, but like anything, it will take some time!
