I really liked it. Looks like a real / actual situation. Many videos are made in perfect (no wind, no swell, lots of room, many helping hands) situations, this was done in a difficult environment. Really appreciate expressing and sharing the real / actual situations. There is no competition here, just to learn from and really thankful for taking time and energy for your work and sharing this. I really enjoy such kind of videos (docking, anchoring, motoring, reefing, navigating, route planning, maintenance / repair, hacks, etc) from real and challenging situations / environment. To me this video was really valuable, really thankful and wishing you all the best.
good video, I liked to see both throttles and how the boat behaves. Would be also nice to see catamaran tricks when using also the rudders with dual engines
Ah springs are always an interesting discussion. I tend to favor a triangular forward spring. One end of the line fixed at midship (like in the video), and one end loosely tied at the stern, or reverse, having the line looser at midship (around a winch even) , and fixed at stern. Then , you throw it around the cleat and pull in some slack at the looser end. The person at the looser end does not have to tie off fully , but can hold it until the manoeuvre is fully ended. By holding the line, the person at the looser end can give line a bit as well if needed. This triangulation will prevent the stern from suddenly swinging out (and the bow from swinging in !! ) when the line catches. 26:52 It is also useful when docking stern-to in windy situations. Too often I see crew members losing time in the marina being clumpsy with lines. You tie off midships, and throw the line to dock. The marina person pulls the line through the ring, and gives it back. Your crew member at the stern simply ties of at the stern as usual. As a captain, I feel much more comfortable with a triangular setup at windward side in these situations. With a bit of forward trust, you'll be stable and remain perpendicular to the dock. As as soon as your're fully docked, you slowly release the stern line and pull in the line (which goes from midship to the ring) over the stern cleat. Of course, if you do not have a neighbour , you can leave it as-is. Same applies when leaving the dock in a heavy crosswind and a neighbour at leeward side. You''ll stay well cleared from your neighbour with this triangulatr setup. and a bit of forward trust. You can slowly release your line at stern, nudging your way forward away from the dock, until your neigbour's bow is almost midship. Then stop trust, release the stern line and pull it. Same here, you can wrap the midship end of the line around the winch as well at the helm. This way, you'll be much faster pulling in the line aboard than pulling it in hand over hand. I made this playlist with 6 videos on triangulation : ruclips.net/video/k8wsFTp_PME/видео.html The last 4 video's are in German, but search for the word "Kräftedreieck", This translates in English to "force triangle". Thanks for the video. Always excited seeing honest content like this. Cheers to the students as well, especially with all the forces at play.
I would argue that you learn more from a video like this where mistakes are made and the conditions are not constant than you do watching Mr Perfect do a textbook docking in zero wind and current. Bravo.
i was on this dock last season, just a quick stop to dump trash and fill some dinghy gas, wind was light but surge was similar to this day. so exposed i thought my cleats were gonna snap off the boat, I got outa there as soon as possible
Messed up the spring one. With a cat with that setup not impressed. If you have the spring on already, you use both engines to parallel the boat to the dock and go very slowly forward. Poor for a demo video.
Your gear boxes won't last very long using them like that
I really liked it. Looks like a real / actual situation. Many videos are made in perfect (no wind, no swell, lots of room, many helping hands) situations, this was done in a difficult environment. Really appreciate expressing and sharing the real / actual situations. There is no competition here, just to learn from and really thankful for taking time and energy for your work and sharing this. I really enjoy such kind of videos (docking, anchoring, motoring, reefing, navigating, route planning, maintenance / repair, hacks, etc) from real and challenging situations / environment. To me this video was really valuable, really thankful and wishing you all the best.
good video, I liked to see both throttles and how the boat behaves. Would be also nice to see catamaran tricks when using also the rudders with dual engines
Keep it up bro 😄
Ah springs are always an interesting discussion.
I tend to favor a triangular forward spring. One end of the line fixed at midship (like in the video), and one end loosely tied at the stern, or reverse, having the line looser at midship (around a winch even) , and fixed at stern.
Then , you throw it around the cleat and pull in some slack at the looser end. The person at the looser end does not have to tie off fully , but can hold it until the manoeuvre is fully ended. By holding the line, the person at the looser end can give line a bit as well if needed.
This triangulation will prevent the stern from suddenly swinging out (and the bow from swinging in !! ) when the line catches. 26:52
It is also useful when docking stern-to in windy situations. Too often I see crew members losing time in the marina being clumpsy with lines. You tie off midships, and throw the line to dock. The marina person pulls the line through the ring, and gives it back. Your crew member at the stern simply ties of at the stern as usual. As a captain, I feel much more comfortable with a triangular setup at windward side in these situations. With a bit of forward trust, you'll be stable and remain perpendicular to the dock. As as soon as your're fully docked, you slowly release the stern line and pull in the line (which goes from midship to the ring) over the stern cleat. Of course, if you do not have a neighbour , you can leave it as-is.
Same applies when leaving the dock in a heavy crosswind and a neighbour at leeward side. You''ll stay well cleared from your neighbour with this triangulatr setup. and a bit of forward trust. You can slowly release your line at stern, nudging your way forward away from the dock, until your neigbour's bow is almost midship. Then stop trust, release the stern line and pull it. Same here, you can wrap the midship end of the line around the winch as well at the helm. This way, you'll be much faster pulling in the line aboard than pulling it in hand over hand.
I made this playlist with 6 videos on triangulation : ruclips.net/video/k8wsFTp_PME/видео.html
The last 4 video's are in German, but search for the word "Kräftedreieck", This translates in English to "force triangle".
Thanks for the video. Always excited seeing honest content like this. Cheers to the students as well, especially with all the forces at play.
thank you steven !
thats an amazing tip, and thanks for teaching me german haha
Fair winds brother 🤟🏼
I would argue that you learn more from a video like this where mistakes are made and the conditions are not constant than you do watching Mr Perfect do a textbook docking in zero wind and current. Bravo.
Very confusing video.
I wouldn't want to have an instructor like that. Sorry.
i was on this dock last season, just a quick stop to dump trash and fill some dinghy gas, wind was light but surge was similar to this day. so exposed i thought my cleats were gonna snap off the boat, I got outa there as soon as possible
If is a cat that doesn't mean not to use rudders at all
Unimpressed. You sounded and acted like you were making it up as you went along.
Sometimes we make it up as we go, conditions change 🤟🏼
Appreciate the feedback ❤️
Worthy of a carbonara
Top super
If you're learning choose another video 😂🤣😂
Messed up the spring one. With a cat with that setup not impressed. If you have the spring on already, you use both engines to parallel the boat to the dock and go very slowly forward. Poor for a demo video.
Yup sometimes we try stuff and mess up, better to have had that spring on stern.