Solo Sailing 32' Sailboat 😱 Attempt Out and Return ⛵️ Captain's Vlog 29
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- In this Captain's Vlog I manage to get the sails up, or at least the headsail. The weather was looking wonderful and I thought it was the perfect time for a little solo sailing on Dagny my 1975 Ericson 32. The weather does what it do and I was forced to turn back early.
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I completely understand your fears. I'm exactly the same. One thing that has helped me coming alongside a pontoon is to have a specific mooring/braking line ready, not the fwd/aft ones. Make a bowline eye in one end and put it over your winch (a midship cleat is better if you have one) . Have enough line to make a loop the extends just past your stern and comes back to the winch. Take two turns around winch.
When you return slowly to your slip hold the looped line out with boat hook and drop it over the cleat on the end of your Dock. With the tiller pointed towards the Dock it will hold you alongside on its own. Just adjust the pull on the line and allow it to surge gently to a stop. Fasten off that line and leave ticking over in gear and you should hold fast to allow you to get off and make your proper mooring lines fast. Check out Patrick Laine on RUclips , coming alongside singlehandedly. It really worked for me.
Just try it safely without leaving your slip, rig the line put boat in gear with tiller over and see how it well it holds you in.
You could use single line with large loop in end and hook that over and back to turns on winch but you have to be exact in getting it over cleat first time.
That! Is a wonderful idea! Thank you for probably the most thoughtful and practical piece of advice I've received here on RUclips. This technique would require me to come into the slip almost parallel to the dock. Currently I'm coming in at a 45 degree angle and then kicking the stern over when I give it some backwards juice to slow her down... this system works fine when there's no wind or current, but there is little control because I'm moving so slow and usually in neutral at this point. Your solution means that I'd be in gear the entire time, correct? I will definitely play with this technique 👌 thank you again.
@@EdwardSeatonSailings in and out of gear on approach to control your speed but in gear when line is attached and left like that until secured fore and aft. Approaching at 45 degrees is obviously more difficult as you would have a massive stretch from the cockpit to the cleat. Just try it out while your on your slip and see how it keeps you pulled in close whilst stopping forward movement. It probably is easier on a longer pontoon but if you can reduce your angle of approach it might help.
That was some honest sharing. I have all those same concerns and anxieties when I'm coming and going from my slip. It's gotten better over time but never has gone completely. Looking forward to you getting out there and going for a sail. You'll know when it's right for you. Fair winds. Thanks for the videos.
Honest sharing is the only way I'm going to learn! I also find that I learn a ton from editing the videos. You miss so much when the adrenaline is pumping! Thanks for watching!
Hi Ed, a great looking boat you have there. I started sailing three years ago, second boat now, and I had/have the same fears, it will all pass with time. ;-) My docking suggestion would be to fender the bow, drive slowly into the slip, slowly until the bow sets at the end of the slip, engage some right rudder (or tiller to the left in your case), and let the engine in gear but idle do the holding for you. She will try to go the front, which she can't, and she will press the stern to the dock, as the rudder pushes her there. Might be something you wanna try, ;-)
Leaving the dock signglehanded is more tricky. Your method seems safe, but in stronger crosswinds, it will be hard to hold her that way. Definitely would fender the right side of the boat with ats many fenders you have, especially near the bow - or do you use some already, hard to see in the video. Sometimes there is someone nearby that helps, and holds the bow line for me, near to my side of the slip until I am past that nice boat on the right (I have the same issue as you, with nice fancy motorboats everywhere).:-)
I will try some time soon to attach a line to the cleat on the boat and run it around the front cleat on the dock and then back from where i can let it slightly go when reversing. Not sure if and how exactly, but i have to figure it out, as ost of the times the wind we have here, wants to push the bow of my boat into that pretty motorboat on the right. Will lett you know when figure out what the best procedure is :-)
Left you a subscription. if you like, check my channel and leave one too. Happy sailing season and fair winds! Frank
Thanks for the subscription 🙏 back at ya! I'm actually going to do a whole video on docking in the coming weeks. I've been practicing a new approach similar to what you've suggested. As they say; I'll keep you posted! Thanks for the awesome comment. I've learned so much from just the comments!
@@EdwardSeatonSailings yeh, YT is a very valuable resource, learned many of my skills here, apart from a few initial sailing lessons on smaller boats. AND YT solo sailing bloggers inspired me to buy my first boat in the first place, aged 53 and with NO previous experience, namely: @AdventuresofanoldSeadog, @patricklaine6958, @Sailor897, @ChristianWilliamsYachting. I havent regteted the decision to become a boad addict any second. Just love it. Manymore adventures to come, Atlantic crossings included. ;-)
@@oldshipmatesadventures I really like the solo sailing channels too! The cute couple channels got old pretty quick.
I have had similar issues regarding leaving the dock in my marina. In my case the solution was long sliplines fore and aft. Basically going from the cockpit through the fairleads to the dock cleat and back to the cockpit. I'd let them out gradually to back out so the bow didn't swing out, then let go the bow line and the boat would pivot on the stern line, then let go that too and off I go. I'd recommend floating lines so you don't have to worry about them getting caught in the propeller as happened to me. I got the idea for the sliplines from a book by Duncan Wells about single sanded sailing. He's a Brit and they apparently use all sorts of slip lines because of the strong tides there
Hey! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I'm actually haveing more difficulty getting back into the slip. My next video is all about docking. What are your tricks for getting back in? Can you use the same lines in reverse? I've been playing with using a boat hook to snare the 1st cleat on the dock with a line run to my dock-side winch. As the boat slows it pulls itself into the dock, and then a little forward thrust to keep it there. Works great if you can lasso that cleat! Trouble is I keep missing the f-ing cleat! This leads to me running around like mad with a boat hook defending from expensive obstacles. Not very graceful yet.