Phylis, I will give you an invite, come down to Saul, and use your techniques (not just that one, all of them) on a 62 foot narrow boat. I don't expect you to get her on the plane, as Ripple is a displacement boat. I'll try and arrange ot on a day witha cross wind, where 56 feet of cabin side is exposed. , bear in mind the front end of that is 56 feet from the prop...
The wind doesn't care what boat you have but the boat does care of there is wind.
There is a condition, I have a go at manoeuvring yours. A bit like those Rugby Union V Rugby League exhibition matches they used to play, Wigan V Bath, one game in each code.
I don't belive that you have seen someone get a narrow boat in with wind blowing OFF the mooring with the technique you describe, and if the wind was blowing ON the mooring, they didn't need forward gear...