How to dock a boat | Tying up a 60ft flybridge motoryacht | Motor Boat & Yachting
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- When tying up any boat, small or large, it has to achieve the basic aim of securing it safely and making sure it will still be there when you return.
A wander around any marina will show a multitude of different ways of doing this, some neat and sensible, some less so! Jon Mendez has this advice...
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Captain Mendez is the man.
Yes, even a nautical novice like me with zero boating experience could now tie up a 60 foot boat.
I would not be surprised if Jon Mendez wears that life jacket everywhere. Not just on the boat. At work, at the gym, grocery shopping, at home, in the shower, at the dinner table and at bed.
Thank you Jon! What a great and informative video. Many people wouldn't think how you tie up your lines was that important, but it makes a HUGE difference. Having that piece of mind when you walk away from a boat that it will still be there when you return is invaluable!
once again Jon, you make it look so easy. Very confidence inspiring! thank you
Jon Mendez is the GOAT.
Thanks to Jon Mendez; For me motor boating and sailing in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, and Inter-coastal is an absolutely incredible experience. The expertise Jon shares has made my passion even more enjoyable, safe, and stress free. Thanks Jon!
Intracoastal not intercoastal.
Thanks again Jon; I think I have seen every one of your videos, especially since acquiring my own motorboat earlier this year (which happens to also be based at Premier Swanwick. Low speed boat handling is the most interesting for me, and highly important as I discovered this week when a 50' MB lost an engine and collided with mine at her berth. It's all about time on the water and practice, and transitioning boat handling from a stressful to rewarding experience.
This is a great way to show people how to do it right. Just in case your needed to help out the crew.
Thank you.
Jon, awesome as always!
Very similar to how I do my lines, but still learnt something new. 👍
John is brilliant at educating us boating and boat handling. Please keep up the great work and cheers from the Sweetest Place on Earth, Hershey, PA USA !
A superb ‘teach in”, many thanks Jon 🙏
Cool, calm & collected. Great stuff John. Appreciate it
Thank you. Excellent advice again as usual.
excellent content. excellent presentation.
When they say "under-appreciated national treasure" if you don't include John Mendez then I'm not throwing you a lifebuoy when the storm hits.
I couldn’t agree more!!! Forsyth, Ant and Dec, Mendez
@@coalitionperformance5901 Attenborough, Dench, David Jason too!
@@darrenevans1572 I say "under-appreciated" and you run ahead to "over-rated BBC hirelings"
@@darthkek1953 opinions vary. Ant & Dec we’re mentioned so I thought anyone was fair game. I stopped at Fred West……🤣
Hear, hear !!!
Great video, one day when I get a boat, I'll be good to go!
Great video and great demonstration.
Keep them coming please
Stay Safe
Many thanks, Jon and MBY, it's interesting to see how boats are properly secured. I hope to get some knowledge and experience from my local yacht club before hunting for my first (motor) boat as I'm in an inflatable kayak/canoe atm ;-)
Note that this is for a floating dock. Can you show a how to dock to a jetty or pier? André
Would you use cleat hitches rather than just the figure 8’s? I was always taught the cleat hitch provides the stronger hold?
Haha....you need to watch his other videos....where he talks about the "dreadful cleat hitch". Cleat hitches aren't used in Europe as much as in the US. A full turn around the cleat and a couple of figure of eights and a final turn seems to be the preferred method here, it's very stable, very quick to untie and if the line freezes you can still untie it....whereas the locking turn on a cleat hitch can become bound especially when frozen. John did use a locking turn on one of those cleats where he had a short working end.
@@DrCrabfingers Yup, I remember when I got my first boat the ex-Naval guy who looked after the boats hated cleat hitches. He said it's basically a knot and if it pulls tight, in bad conditions it can be a nightmare to release. I use them occasionally when I've run my lines short but 'Buffer's' words still ring true in my ears so I try to avoid them if I can.
That was great.
Arnold Shitziznickers is the Terminator, Denzel Washingmachine is the Equaliser and John Mendez is the Educator, end of. 🤪👍❤️🇬🇧
Hi Jon, you mentioned stern to in the med, I find it hard to pull the boat forward on the bowlines to keep it clear of the dock in storms when I leave it. Other than using the engines, any tips on pulling in the very heavy lazy lines please? Thanks.
T.Y John. 🍾🥂
When we entered the marina on our 30 ton tsdy we only took the midship cleat to shore and tied tightly boat never moved leaving plenty of time to sort out the other lines .
Hi I work in commercial boating and have a question, as we keep the norm that you should always be able to untie the boat from the boat, I see that you tie it on the dock cleat instead of your own. Is there a reason for this?
Hello, what life jacket are you wearing? I am looking for one like it with the crotch straps. Thanks!
Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦
If he did the bow and stern lines properly, why is the boat still moving at 4:50, as he fixes the spring line?
Thnx
Cool. Good info. But the odds of me having a yacht are slim. Me having a yacht in the Med…none.😂
Me even having any kind of boat is none. 😂🙂🙁😢😭
Is it any different when your use Mooring Compensators on your lines
A question for viewers....Is there any reason why it is common practice to use a Bowlin' on the bowline, but not on the stern line? I'd love to know. If a Bowlin' is safe enough to hold the bow of a boat when draped over or threaded under a dock cleat, why isn't it used on the stern line or indeed the spring lines....?I see it a lot, stern line is wrapped around the dock cleat...bow line is looped and placed over the dock cleat. Anyone?
Hi Jon, could you show how to stern berth an aft-cabin boat from inside? Something like a Hardy or suh. Thanks
To each his own but speaking from experience with a 59 foot MV I would not trust just wrapping the line around a cleat. Spend the time and look up on RUclips "cleat hitch". One time in Florida a squall come through and our bow came loose from an improper cleat hitch that was also wrapped. Also operating a "Big Boat" alone, or without help on the dock, is asking for trouble. It is a rarity to find such calm conditions and to encourage people to do it, IMHO, is irresponsible.
Anyone with experience can operate a 60ft yacht alone no problems even in real choppy conditions, it's definitely not irresponsible and these size yachts are built for exactly that. As for the cleat hitch go and see this guys video about them.
This life jacket in the marina on a calm sunny day looks just ridiculous
Ummm is it my screen or is the video straight blacked out? 🤔🤔🤔
Looks fine here.
@@1320fastback ty cuz idk wtf happened! 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
You are not tying off properly on the cleats.
If you're referring to cleat hitches....for a number of reasons cleat hitches aren't as favoured in Europe as they are in the US.
I’d agree with this. Not b sure who this video is for; anyone operating a vessel like this should be doing so with crew (I see that it’s a very light day, and I’m sure this has thrusters, but still)…and if my crew tied up the 127 ton steel yacht I drive I would stand them down until they were properly trained. Evening just using the bowline reduces the strength of that line (double braid, which is inappropriate for mooring) by 50%.
Seems like a video for beginners, but using a very advanced vessel with incorrect techniques.