I am so happy to find your videos. I bought a new-to-me Pearson 34, but have never sailed a boat with the halyards on the mast, so needed to know how to handle them. Voila, your videos show exactly what I need, so will be watching more to see what else I can learn. Thanks for making and sharing these.
We have permanent dock lines We leave at the slip and a traveling set we always have in the locker... coming back into the slip and passing the first piling the wife grabs the spring line hanging from an easy to reach hook and put it on the midship cleat...once that's on we can relax and everything is aok gettin the bow and stern lines attached... love the trick with hanging my furling halyard you just taught me! I've been wanting to learn that!
We keep our Kittiwake 23 in a marina. A finger on one side, pilings on the other. We cast off and leave the lines neatly on the finger and on top of the pilings. When we return - we grab the mid ship line from the finger side first. As this line gets tiger it pulls the boat snug with the finger. Then we secure the remaining lines. Works every time.
Perfect, Capn Lang--another winner! Add a similar length video on nautical terms--port, starboard, bow, stern etc--and another on knots and even a total newbie/landlubber would be a welcome addition on most any vessel. Excellent instruction, sir, with much respect. Carry on.
@@CaptainLang Line handling, nautical terms, knots, boat etiquette, followed by 'how to get into sailing by volunteering to be a crew at one's local yacht club' (or some better-titled piece). I was lucky to be from a family of sailors, so have been sailing and boating since learning how to swim. A series featuring your lessons could help others get into this wonderful sport/activity/occupation/lifestyle without the advantage that I was so lucky to have. Your videos are tight, instructive and great.
Tripping hazard for anyone else. Also, there's the question if somebody handles them, do they then become their responsibility - that's certainly the case with any line attached to the boat where I live. Bring them with you where they're stowed and safe
I am so happy to find your videos. I bought a new-to-me Pearson 34, but have never sailed a boat with the halyards on the mast, so needed to know how to handle them. Voila, your videos show exactly what I need, so will be watching more to see what else I can learn. Thanks for making and sharing these.
Great idea as long as you have spare dock lines on the boat in case of some sort of failure and have to dock at another location.
I did mention this but I should have it made a bigger point. Thank you for pointing this out.
We have permanent dock lines We leave at the slip and a traveling set we always have in the locker... coming back into the slip and passing the first piling the wife grabs the spring line hanging from an easy to reach hook and put it on the midship cleat...once that's on we can relax and everything is aok gettin the bow and stern lines attached... love the trick with hanging my furling halyard you just taught me! I've been wanting to learn that!
We keep our Kittiwake 23 in a marina. A finger on one side, pilings on the other. We cast off and leave the lines neatly on the finger and on top of the pilings. When we return - we grab the mid ship line from the finger side first. As this line gets tiger it pulls the boat snug with the finger. Then we secure the remaining lines. Works every time.
Excellent ! Thank you Captain Lang👍👏
I had pilings, but they had hooks on them specifically for coiling up dock lines so you could leave them on the piling.
So good!!!
With double-braid, my preference is the figure-8, even on the halyard.
Thanks for another informative video!!!
Thanks great tips
Perfect, Capn Lang--another winner! Add a similar length video on nautical terms--port, starboard, bow, stern etc--and another on knots and even a total newbie/landlubber would be a welcome addition on most any vessel. Excellent instruction, sir, with much respect. Carry on.
Thank you...I have a video on keeping birds off your boat almost done and then I'll work on "Nautical Terms"
@@CaptainLang Line handling, nautical terms, knots, boat etiquette, followed by 'how to get into sailing by volunteering to be a crew at one's local yacht club' (or some better-titled piece). I was lucky to be from a family of sailors, so have been sailing and boating since learning how to swim. A series featuring your lessons could help others get into this wonderful sport/activity/occupation/lifestyle without the advantage that I was so lucky to have. Your videos are tight, instructive and great.
Tripping hazard for anyone else. Also, there's the question if somebody handles them, do they then become their responsibility - that's certainly the case with any line attached to the boat where I live. Bring them with you where they're stowed and safe
We're up in Oceanside, let's go sailing! West Wight Potter 15 here.
I can tell he’s a Mission Bay
I leave my doc lines at the doc also but I make sure to keep the doc clear for others to walk by without having to step on or over my lines.
Good ideas!!!
Nice
Yes, it's a good idea, less ropes on the boat the better!