
If you've never tried it...pulling a boat to dock is tricky business, often requiring experienced handlers. The trouble is pulling on the bow line will bring the boat closer but also cause it it rotate. Model the boat as made of uniform material weighing a total of 3500lb made up of a rectangle for the back half and a triangle for the front half. Presume the other lines in the figure are not yet attached and only the bow line is pulled with a force 1delta.deltadeltadelta + 0.5*t lbf for 1.3 seconds. Determine the horizontal plane velocities and the angular velocity. Assume the bow line is horizontal and the boat is buoyant, therefore ignore all vertical effects of gravity. Also presume minimal water resistance during the1.3 seconds.