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The Boat Cheat
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Boating hacks and tips to make your boating easier, less stressful and more FUN!
Round Britain Plus: 35 - Kilmore Quay
From Arklow we head south to round Carnsore Point, the southeast tip of Ireland, before heading to Kilmore Quay via St Patrick's Bridge. Note that the direction of buoyage along this coast is the opposite way to our journey, so buoys are reversed.
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Round Britain Plus: 34 - Arklow
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From Howth Yacht Club we go south past Dublin and Wicklow to Arklow - with pilotage into Arklow.
FIX Sticky Engine Cover Catches
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Engine cover catches on some ,ass=produced boats get really sticky after a while... and lubricating them doen't fix it for long. Here's how you free them up for a season or more...
Round Britain Plus: 33 - Howth
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From Port Erin in the Isle of Man to Howth Yacht Club near Dublin - with a look at downwind autopilot modes and pilotage into Howth.
Round Britain Plus: 32 - Port Erin
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Plan change! Wind speed and direction cause us to re-plan, adding a visit to the Isle of Man into the bargain...
Why you need to look at charts properly…
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Why you need to look at charts properly…
Round Britain Plus: 31 - Bangor
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From Kintyre across North Channel towards Islandmagee and across Belfast Lough to the excellent Bangor marina.
Round Britain Plus: 29/30 - Lamlash and Campbeltown
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From Ardrishaig we visit the lovely Anchorage at Lamlash, Arran, with one of the nicest views from a pub I can remember, and the next day on to Campbeltown, on the Kintyre peninsula.
Round Britain Plus: 28 - Crinan Canal
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Jill REALLY hates locks - and the Crinan Canal has 15 of them... it could all go horribly wrong!
Round Britain Plus: 27 - Crinan
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From beautiful Tobermory along sounds and firths to Crinan to join the Crinan Canal.
Round Britain Plus: 25/26 - Eigg and Tobermory
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From Kyle of Lochalsh to an anchorage on one of our favourite islands, then on to our favourite port so far - beautiful Tobermory.
Round Britain Plus: 24 - Kyle of Lochalsh
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A stunning trip from Portree to Kyle of Lochalsh, passing under the Skye Bridge.
Round Britain Plus: 23 - Portree
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After waiting for the weather, we head for the Isle of Skye
Round Britain Plus: 20-22 - Two Sleeps To Stornoway
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From Stromness to Loch Eriboll, then around Cape Wrath to Loch Laxford and then across the Minch to Stornoway on there Isle of Lewis.
Round Britain Plus: 19 - Stromness
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Pierowall to Stromness, through the formidable Hoy Sound.
Round Britain Plus: 17/18 - Fair Isle/Westray
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Round Britain Plus: 17/18 - Fair Isle/Westray
Round Britain Plus: 15 - Over the Top
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Round Britain Plus: 15 - Over the Top
Round Britain Plus: 12/13 - Fair Isle and Scalloway
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Round Britain Plus: 12/13 - Fair Isle and Scalloway
Round Britain Plus: 10 - Via Beatrice Wind Farm to Wick
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Round Britain Plus: 10 - Via Beatrice Wind Farm to Wick
Round Britain Plus: 7-9 Three Achorages to Peterhead
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Round Britain Plus: 7-9 Three Achorages to Peterhead
Round Britain Plus 13a: Big decisions
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Round Britain Plus 13a: Big decisions
Round Britain Plus 8a - Beautiful Lunan Bay
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Round Britain Plus 8a - Beautiful Lunan Bay
Round Britain Plus: 6c - Amble Pilotage with no Fog!
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Round Britain Plus: 6c - Amble Pilotage with no Fog!
Round Britain Plus: 8c Gas Cylinder Fail
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Round Britain Plus: 8c Gas Cylinder Fail
Round Britain 7a - Coast Guard Calling!
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Round Britain 7a - Coast Guard Calling!
Round Britain Plus: 7b Broad-Beam Cruiser Cheat
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Round Britain Plus: 7b Broad-Beam Cruiser Cheat
Round Britain Plus: 6b - Amble Pilotage DID NOT go as planned!
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Round Britain Plus: 6b - Amble Pilotage DID NOT go as planned!
Can you put your bank details up please. I’ve got £1500 for you 😅 😂 And if it works for you, then I’m going to do it too! I really do NEED a Kraken 44! 🤣
My wife reckons she’s the captain too! What’s the app you’re using showing the tidal streams?
@@warrenthorp Boatie - a really useful app. We did a review on it which is linked in a reply on this thread.
Great video. I haven’t even got a 349 but couldn’t help watching it! (Must be the engineer in me)
@@warrenthorp Thank you!
Cost aside and even cause aside, I’m just glad that you found it.
Thankfully Jeanneau supplied everything FOC so it only cost me for the engineer... minor cost in the end...
we have just spent a month sailling with an autoprop after running a folder for years and a fixed 3-blade before that. Totally transformed motoring and especially motor-sailing performance. Very nice to see a product that fully lives up to what the manufacturer says, if not exceeds it. Kicking my self that I did not change earlier.
I had to do a fair bit of motor-sailing on a recent trip because chop was slowing us down and we had tidal gates to make... the prop made a huge difference... Love it.
Good on you my friend. This is a great effort. Thank you
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Thank you! Kind of you to say so.
why nobody thinks to post a video on very hard tight dockings? many boats have to dock front or rear ended with boats either side with tides rushing out and in and strong wind
@@gatecrasher1970 We have several videos covering tricky moorings on this channel. However, there are doubtless loads of situations that we haven’t covered. With the various configurations of hulls, props, rudders etc there are literally hundreds of possibilities… and they invariably spark debate because there are as many ‘right’ ways to do it as there are correspondents. Please suggest any you don’t find that you’d like to see.
As an engineer. Great explanation!
@@dwts Thank you - that made my day!
Round Ireland :) great video
@@markmacken1 Thank you!
I am finding the buoyage rather confusing. The starboard and port marks in the channel going over the bridge seem to be reversed? I dont get it, although i havent got the chart so i could be misunderstanding your approach? Anyway thank you. James
Hi James.You raise a good point - we could have made it clearer by pointing out that the direction of buoyage is the other way. The reason for this is that Kilmore Quay is close to the entrance to the Irish Sea from the Atlantic, so all the marks between Arklow and Kilmore have a buoyage direction from the South-West. The channel through St Patrick's bridge is along the coast rather than into Kilmore, so it follows the direction of the chart - hence a SHM on our port side..
Thank you, I get it! Best wishes
neat!
Thank you!
There are various explanations for "prop-walk", but I don't think that the difference in water pressure at a different depth of 30 cm is large enough to explain this phenomenon. I think the following physical explanation describes the phenomenon more accurate. The prop pushes the water in a circular motion (clockwise or anticlockwise) and also pushes a water-stream forwards or backwards (depending on the direction of the propeller). The water-stream is equal to prop-wash and the prop-walk only corresponds to the circular movement. The circular water movement and the generated water pressure is more or less the same in all directions and decreases steadily depending on the distance from the propeller. The difference in water pressure at a depth of 30 cm is ridiculously small. But what makes a big difference - and this is a more accurate physical explanation for prop-walk - is that the circular water movement encounters resistance below the hull, which builds up a higher water pressure that pushes the hull either to port or starboard. This also means that every prop generates a prop-walk in both directions (starboard AND port) depending on whether the propeller is rotating forwards or backwards. The difference is, while moving forward we do not notice the prop-WALK because the prop-WASH on the rudder is many times greater. Maybe we both are right or wrong with our explanations and maybe in anear future somebody will make a study about this topic. Cheers a.h.
@@ushi120 Thanks for your comments. There are various models for describing effects in fluid dynamics, and they each have their own problems. The problem with the model you prefer is that it doesn’t account for prop-walk on twin rudder boats.
nice video, very informative. Thanks for that. It seams that this instructor like to teach the hard way. 😂 There are a lot of advantages to do it the opposite way, especially with modern monohulls. 1. Much easier and better control while steering stern-to against the Wind to the first buoy. 2. Easier to pick up the windward buoy from the stern. 3. With two stern-lines from both cleats attached to the first buoy (windward) you have a perfect controllability of the vessel to pick up the second buoy (leeward) from the bow. 4. Drop the buoy and leaving the harbour much easier. Disadvantage: The wind is blowing into the cockpit, this can be annoying.
The problem here is that the wind changes direction almost instantly if the mean wind is from the wrong direction, as it switches from going one side of the high ground to the other... but your points are all correct of course.
Have had a few nightmares in my Halmatic 30 going aft out of the berth.....lol. Best part is learning everytime, thanks for the tips will try this wee cheat.
Very helpful video. Thank you for this. I am just about to put into practice what you have advised for a single engined outboard on a small (24 foot) catamaran. We are really tight into the pontoon in Torquay Council pontoon so very little space fore and aft to manoeuvre or swing. Also we have an overhanging dinghy on davits so I think I will stick to using your first bow method to get out. Any extra tips for a catamaran as you said that you had also had experience with cats?
@@simonstell8018 Thank you! For a small cat there is one additional tip which you might find helpful… I will do a video in the next few days specifically about your issue. Am I right in assuming it has a single outboard like many smaller cats, or do you have the luxury of two engines?
Thanks for your reply. Just a single outboard in a well. We have a Solaris Sunbeam 24 cat.
Another great video with more good tips about using Port Erin as an alternate destination considering the wind, and the advice for anchoring safely. Im glad you got to see a small sample of the island and if next year permits, I'll be more than happy to give you both a few days to show off a few more of the sights. Have a safe onward journey (I'm late, so your next video is already waiting for me 😊) Cair Vie
@@MakingWaves-IsleOfMan Thank you!
I'd ask to be moved two down on the downwind side.
@@gtrim995 If only life was that simple, but you are of course right that asking for a move is worth a go.
Brilliant idea. Need to test this tonight!
@@bjrnaadny7786 Thank you! I look forward to hearing how well it works on your boat…
Useful video. i think my preference would have been to rig the bow line as a bridle and then pay it out whilst the helm went astern until about 4-5 feet off the other buoy, then made it fast - head to the stern and then use the engine power to get close enough to rig the stern line and centre the boat.
@@jasonchamberlin1532 I do a similar thing in leaving the bow line slack enough to get the transom next to the other buoy, then adjust using engine power…
😅😅 tosh
I use bowline but snub on middle cleat on pontoon to stop forward movement then bring it to bow cleat tie off quick husband throws stern line, I tie off quick . He steps off and does final tie off and spring lines
cherry picking easy scenarios - not good. Mid cleat line first is great, unfortunately, it has to be executed very fast and you have to have a cleat exactly where you can fit your boat. How about a scenario that did not seem to occur to you. A bow line and engine forward with rudder hard to port? This will hold the stern to the dock, to give you time for the rest of the lines.
@@Jarek12010 Problem is that it won’t work with twin rudder boats.
@@theboatcheat1204 For the vast majority of boats using prop wash as described by Jarek12010 makes the most sense.
Could you do a video navigating round Dodman’s please? Experienced friends have advised me against going round until I get more experienced. Then I understand the currents into Fowey can be a challenge too?
Fowey is straightforward. Just don’t moor on the swings with a decent southerly. Gets swell in there. Rock n roll….
Will do - it's on the list!
As a single hander, not a task I fancy.
Acetone and CIF for bad ones. Any decent marina boss shouldn't allow metal shackles on cleats as they will damage the clear (as well as make a racket like you say). The soft shackle is a brilliant use. Your channel is excellent. One of the best practical and 'real' outlets.👍
@@moonhand8311 Thank you!
looked liike great sail weather not choppy at all looked like the waters i would look for to sail
@@bloodyfluffybunny7411 On film water always seems to look less choppy than it is…
Thank you
You're welcome
Wow that is not how you deal with fore and aft mooring. So funny to watch. You carry floating rope so you can approach each buoy individually, so simple.
Can you explain what you mean?. Usually a trot mooring has a floating link line connecting the fore and aft buoys which makes sense but if the buoys are not connected (as in this case) how would you use the floating lines? Do you mean connect/link the buoys with a floating line first? I am obviously missing something here.
I’m not a sailor but I did work for British Waterways and yes there are plenty of idiots on boats both inland and offshore!🏴
Very interesting - definitely one to squirrel away for future reference I think. Thanks for posting
@@mcharlesbourne8954 Thanks… Really glad you found it potentially useful!
Not much water there at low esp. Springs, so watch your draught. Fowey is much easier, ir anchor outside the harbour. It is in fact even trickier than this chap made it look as there are sometimes more fishing and shallow draught motor boats in there and not much room for errors. One to avoid in anything over 10knts of wind.
@@jcfgh Couldn’t agree more!
Completely disagree other than watching draft during springs. Never had problems there, easiest place in the world. Just make sure you have some rope that floats so you can approach each fore and aft buoy individually but nothing unusual about that.
@@robSaRe I am interested to know what you draw and what size your boat is.
@@theboatcheat1204 Hi, 48’ Ovni, so draught is not so relevant to me. That said I have only touched the bottom once with the keel down.
Wow that was a faff 😂 Great explanations though!
@@fat_tommo_goes_boating Thanks!
Thanks 👍
No problem 👍
Thanks another interesting lesson, quietly logged away for when its needed . Thanks 🙏
Much respect on your chosen route!
Thank you 😊
So glad I finally waded through the recommended YT faff and found a proper sailing channel. You should be #1 on the algorithms. Keep content coming.
@@NauticalSimulation Thank you so much for that kind comment!
Nice rant. When the range is active the range boats are out and about. They engage with all the yachts and ask them very nicely to move south, as you did reading the charts etc. if the range is active. Reeds also gives the range control phone number to check if they are active. If the range is not active its not necessary to stay out of bounds and it saves a lot of miles.
@@christiananders9675 Absolutely - the range boats were doing their best to cover the whole area but shooting was impossible all morning because of the large number of boats entering the range.
you lost me the minute you mantioned tax payer funds, this is about so much more........................
In the last 5 years I've done about 20 trips in Croatia and Greece (always on charter boats) and have never seen the OXO in use. Don't get me wrong, I think the OXO is a good alternative to the conventional method (I always tell inexperienced crew members that they can also do the OXO if in doubt), but the fact that Europe's charter bases insist on it is just completely wrong. ;)
@@chepmac Interesting that you haven’t … we were asked to do this twice by Sunsail - Greece and Turkey, and once by another operator I can’t recall in Croatia… but I guess it depends on whether the person doing the brief remembers to mention it…
I been sat on ranges waiting to shot. Nice when the sun is out, not so when it’s raining
100% agree. It's all too common for cars and lorries to get stuck in dead ends, under low bridges, etc, due to typing in a destination, then trusting the SatNav without checking the route. Maybe the M.O.D. should authorised the RAF to do a bit of low flying practice in the area then shrug their shoulders if there are any complaints 😂
No stress just fun ,over and over.🎉
@@corvavw6447 It made me SO happy to read that! Thanks.
@@corvavw6447 It made me SO happy to read that - Thank you!
Question. I have been sailing in France / uk near the channel and some marinas are on rivers where the current wants to push me down onto my neighbor. I usually dock stern first but I have found it easier to leave when I have have docked bow first because the boat gets narrower as I pull out. I warp the boat a bit out of the slip but I need to use a decent amount of power to avoid drifting down. Which is why I always dislike it when people attach tons of stuff to their sides such as motors and solars panels and bbqs.
Was there for a few days. Loved it. Grabbed a ball, hiked and then sailed off to fowey.
My lord... thank you for the video, but common MFG's let do a lil bit of coding to make this easier.
Thank you so much for this video. I have been trying to download my Navionics Routes from my IPad to my Simrad GO12 XSE for a week now with no success until I saw this tutorial. Finally the files transferred properly. Thanks again. Best Regards from Bob in Canada.
@@RobertMoreau-vn2lz It made me so happy to read that! Glad it helped!
Hi! Thank you for the video, I find it very useful! I just don't understand for what reason does the boat's bow at the most right side going more to the port? Shouldn't be opposite? Shouldn't the bow go more to starboard side because the mooring was made fast at the starboard side? You're explanation is highly appreciated! Thanks a lot!
Thanks for your comment. The reason the bow has gone more to port is that the wind is on the starboard side, and until the bow line is under tension it won’t stop the bow moving g sideways. This is only a problem when a single lazy line is used of course…
There is .2 knt of current
Thank you
Docking stern to, berth is on starboard, at the end of berth there is a perpendicular concrete wall with steel structure . Backing up with prevailing wind on bow , I can be blown on or blown off the berth and pushed every time on the wall. I am single handed most of the time .! 😮 Have you got a cheat for this situation That can stop the boat and push me on to the berth. Peter
@@petermathioudakis2110 Hi Peter, just to make sure I understand correctly, are you mooring stern-to with lazy lines, piles, or on a finger berth? Also, when you enter the berth, is the wall behind the transom, so the wind pushes you too far in?
Hello yes it is a finger pontoon with no mooring lines , and yes it is pushing me inn to concreate wall to close or very close to transom
@@petermathioudakis2110 Will have a think and put something together asap. Yacht, or power boat, and what sort of drive?
@@theboatcheat1204 The boat is a Yatch With a sail drive with One rudder