Ah, a very appropriate reading on this subject is Roger C. Taylor's "The Elements of Seamanship."  Particularly chapter 2, "Keeping from Hitting Anything".  For the most fun, go right to the bottom of page 35.  "The most spectacular landing I ever witnessed ....."

gerald

Thomas Rogers wrote:Our W32 is a 77 model and has a Yanmar 3gm30 (27 HP) with a 3 blade fixed prop. I am posting because the whole reason I was able to purchase this wonderful boat is because she is "under-powered" with that engine.
When I found her posted for sale, I called the owner and was told there was a prospective buyer trying her out the next day. The owner stated that she was confident in the sale and was sorry for me. Two days later, my phone rang with the Westsail owner on the other end asking if I was still interested.
Once we had met the owner and looked over a wonderful Westsail opportunity, I asked why the other "deal" had fallen through. She stated the other buyer loved the boat, but got rattled when bringing her back into dock. Apparently, he was coming in at pretty good clip down a long skinny canal towards the dock on the port side. As they were rapidly approaching the dock with no means of going-around, the owner shouted back at him; "Put it in reverse!" He replied; "It IS in reverse!" The boat exerted considerable effort onto the dock structure while stopping, but suffered no damage. The buyer, shaken, said he was having second thoughts and disappeared.
I purchased "Sea Gypsy" two days later and have enjoyed her very much since then. The lesson I learned from the other prospective buyer's experince was that 10 tons of boat carries a lot of inertia. Plan to stop long before you need to. Go slow in tight quarters. With that in mind, She'll do fine!

I have the same motor in my 32.  I'm ordering a manual but in the meantime need to know what size battery is needed for the 3GM30.

Do you know?

Or does anyone have the manual at hand that can help me?

Thanks,

Carl