Ratus, thank you for your comment and I hope you like the clip. These approaches work when have a wind blowing the boat back onto the pontoon. We can spring the bow out by reversing against a stern spring and this stern spring can work really well. There will be times when we simply can't get the bow out far enough so that by the time we have gone into neutral, slipped the spring and gone into forward gear, the wind has blown our bow back in again. It is in these situations we may find that spronging will allow us to get the bow out so we can clear the pontoon, or any boat(s) the may be berthed in front of our boat. I have not fouled a prop using either of these methods. We could consider spronging when the risk we face is of being unable to get the bow out, and clear of danger. It really depends on the situation, and I wouldn't advocate one over the other. It's perhaps more a case of having both the Spring and the Sprong in a Skippers repetoire. Ratus many thanks for your thoughts
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John, thank you for you comment and I hope you liked the clip. This approach will enable us to get the boat away from the pontoon when the wind is blowing us back in. In these situations if we use a crew member to push the bow out, and then hop on, there is a good chance the wind will blow the bow back in again. Colm Cleary's demonstration persuaded us that this approach is worth trying, and is outlined in a great Yachting monthly article, see the link below: www.yachtingmonthly.com/sailing-skills/how-to-get-out-of-a-tight-berth-by-spronging-31197
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