How Do I Push the Boat Out a Few Feet if the Base of My Dock Is Too Shallow?

You can push your boat away from your dock if the water at the dock is too shallow, using one of your oars. Depending on how well-stuck in the mud your boat is -- whether it's stuck in the mud at all, or merely resting on the bottom -- the process may be physically challenging, even if it seems, at first, to be the essence of simplicity.

Things You'll Need

  • Oar
  • Anchor
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Instructions

  1. Push-Off

    • 1

      Place the butt of an oar blade against one of the pilings of your pier.

    • 2

      Grasp the oar shaft and brace your foot against the front edge of a seat or the stern of the boat.

    • 3

      Pull yourself along the oar shaft, hand over hand toward the grip-- where you normally grasp the oar -- until you are free of the mud.