Had the pleasure to spend an afternoon with Nick and a 52 Lagoon!!! Great guy with a fantastic ability to transfer sailing knowledge!!! Cheers Nick!! Elias
Bart that’s great to hear! I actually have a entire walkthrough of three process filmed on board on our Patreon channel if you would like to check it out :)
Ha yeh it kinda does doesn't it? Practice makes it much easier to be confident in going straight in like in this example. One movement. Getting that practice as a new skipper is often very hard.
Great video. Plenty of things to learn, but yet again for me the biggest one is this: These people are terribly terribly sloppy. The more I sail in croatia, the more I see how docking is f*** up, because these people who are supposed to be THE pros and are always the smartest around, are just improvising at best, not really caring, slow, sloppy and sometimes downright incapable. For example in this video, if you watch closely they got both stern ropes somehow tangled, the right one into the dock ring (admittedly a poor choice of a docking gear!) and the left one somehow terribly tabgled into the mooring line and neighbour's boat stern line. How is the neighbours stern line even there like that? How is mooring line ABOVE the stern line? These things backfire fast and that is why well prepared ropes are key to smooth docking. Another thing me tioned already is how much back and forth adjusting is being done, when you can just adjust one way: first attach stern line far away and simply back up and slip the mooring lines until desired distance. You dont adjust forward, because mooring lines are super long and heavy and have a lot of slack, you can't pull by hand. All in all, good to see, but I think a proper critique of this mess and a video of a smoother docking would also be great.
Haha interesting take on it. So for one... These are charter company technicians. Meaning.. they are not sailors necessarily and ARE most definitely improvising and doing what they can with their (usually) lack of training on the subject. An issue for another time... Two: The lines. YES! The marina takes very little care of the lines and organising them, it is very frustrating and I was just yesterday pulling up three lazy lines (on A pier) to find they were all crossed and tied to the same ring >.< Three: ruclips.net/video/jULddr4KA50/видео.html Will look for your comments :p
@@peterbrooks9984 ah ok. I have used this once or twice during a storm where it is not possible to release the lines to tighten, though I use a line of my own from the mooring line (in front of the bow) back to the winch through the jib/spinnaker blocks. Other wise the mooring line will wear and rub on the yacht. I find it much more effective to bring the boat further away from the dock to tighten the bow lines, then if you did not want to use the engine, run the stern lines to your aft sheet winches to get this tension. Not to mention that lazy lines and mooring lines are often quite dirty!
This video is so brilliant in everyway! Colours are beautiful. Was it just a a very uniforms fleet of boats or was there a bit of colour grading in there? Love the tones
Nice video. However there is now no tention on the mooring line. Will lead to issues in strong winds and/or currents. At 1:42, you should go forward about 5 meters (with at least one stern line connected to the pier). Pull the mooring line tight. Reverse back to the pier with quite some power and let the mooring line slip until you have the right distance to the pier. Secure the mooring line and secure the two rearlines and the boat is perfectly moored. No need for a 2nd mooring line.
Thanks for your comments :) I agree with your suggested style to reverse against the lines. Which is effectively what they have done in the video. Perhaps it is hard to see on screen, there is plenty of tension on those bow lines, they reversed hard against them before securing the stern lines. If there was no tension the yacht would have ended up too close to the dock. The second line is always preferable to reduce movement and as an insurance if one line breaks or is caught by another vessel leaving. Especially in this marina as the cross wind can be quite fierce.
Great video, still prefer most slips in USA that have forward and midship pilings and finger piers. Docking my 41 Hunter single-handed without a bow thruster would prove troublesome in European slips utilizing a lazy line. This esp with a cross wind.
Yes it can be tough somedays with a strong cross wind. Though single handed, I still apply the same theory, just in a slightly different order. This video explains it in more detail: ruclips.net/video/jULddr4KA50/видео.html
Had the pleasure to spend an afternoon with Nick and a 52 Lagoon!!! Great guy with a fantastic ability to transfer sailing knowledge!!! Cheers Nick!! Elias
It was a good day! Thanks Elias. I look forward to the next time :)
of the 15 I've watched...this one is VERY GOOD.
Thanks mate. Also check out this one for a bit more detail and onboard view on a Hanse 588: ruclips.net/video/OmsvhWFPhqY/видео.html
This is was so valuable! This type of docking frightens the hell out of me, and this made it seem...doable. You sir...have a new subscriber.
Bart that’s great to hear! I actually have a entire walkthrough of three process filmed on board on our Patreon channel if you would like to check it out :)
ruclips.net/video/1LNcuK-FdXg/видео.html
Check out the teaser and link here
Great vid. Heading to Croatia next week on a Benmeteau 51.1. This is very helpful. Thank you.
No problem 😉
This one explains the process onboard much better: Singlehanded Docking Stern To with Lazy Lines
ruclips.net/video/-OPs960oR88/видео.html
great video
Thanks!
Wow makes "parking" backwards look so easy!
Ha yeh it kinda does doesn't it? Practice makes it much easier to be confident in going straight in like in this example. One movement. Getting that practice as a new skipper is often very hard.
Great video!
Hvala :) the crew did well!
Great video. Plenty of things to learn, but yet again for me the biggest one is this: These people are terribly terribly sloppy. The more I sail in croatia, the more I see how docking is f*** up, because these people who are supposed to be THE pros and are always the smartest around, are just improvising at best, not really caring, slow, sloppy and sometimes downright incapable.
For example in this video, if you watch closely they got both stern ropes somehow tangled, the right one into the dock ring (admittedly a poor choice of a docking gear!) and the left one somehow terribly tabgled into the mooring line and neighbour's boat stern line. How is the neighbours stern line even there like that? How is mooring line ABOVE the stern line?
These things backfire fast and that is why well prepared ropes are key to smooth docking.
Another thing me tioned already is how much back and forth adjusting is being done, when you can just adjust one way: first attach stern line far away and simply back up and slip the mooring lines until desired distance. You dont adjust forward, because mooring lines are super long and heavy and have a lot of slack, you can't pull by hand.
All in all, good to see, but I think a proper critique of this mess and a video of a smoother docking would also be great.
Haha interesting take on it. So for one... These are charter company technicians. Meaning.. they are not sailors necessarily and ARE most definitely improvising and doing what they can with their (usually) lack of training on the subject. An issue for another time...
Two: The lines. YES! The marina takes very little care of the lines and organising them, it is very frustrating and I was just yesterday pulling up three lazy lines (on A pier) to find they were all crossed and tied to the same ring >.<
Three: ruclips.net/video/jULddr4KA50/видео.html
Will look for your comments :p
It is sometimes possible to lead the lazy line back to a winch, and finish the job without relying on the engine.
I agree Peter, especially if there is a concern for other lines to foul in the propeller.
Do you mean to pull the bow lines tighter Peter?
@@45DegreesSailing Yes
@@peterbrooks9984 ah ok. I have used this once or twice during a storm where it is not possible to release the lines to tighten, though I use a line of my own from the mooring line (in front of the bow) back to the winch through the jib/spinnaker blocks. Other wise the mooring line will wear and rub on the yacht. I find it much more effective to bring the boat further away from the dock to tighten the bow lines, then if you did not want to use the engine, run the stern lines to your aft sheet winches to get this tension. Not to mention that lazy lines and mooring lines are often quite dirty!
Ok let's watch this again and not fail the next time 🥵
Practice makes ... better lol. Never perfect. Try this video for help on this: ruclips.net/video/jULddr4KA50/видео.html
This video is so brilliant in everyway! Colours are beautiful. Was it just a a very uniforms fleet of boats or was there a bit of colour grading in there? Love the tones
Lol really? Not colour graded.. shot on auto lol. Thanks!
Thanks
This is amazing. Thank you so much! You've made our week!
Nice video. However there is now no tention on the mooring line. Will lead to issues in strong winds and/or currents.
At 1:42, you should go forward about 5 meters (with at least one stern line connected to the pier). Pull the mooring line tight. Reverse back to the pier with quite some power and let the mooring line slip until you have the right distance to the pier. Secure the mooring line and secure the two rearlines and the boat is perfectly moored. No need for a 2nd mooring line.
Thanks for your comments :)
I agree with your suggested style to reverse against the lines. Which is effectively what they have done in the video. Perhaps it is hard to see on screen, there is plenty of tension on those bow lines, they reversed hard against them before securing the stern lines. If there was no tension the yacht would have ended up too close to the dock. The second line is always preferable to reduce movement and as an insurance if one line breaks or is caught by another vessel leaving. Especially in this marina as the cross wind can be quite fierce.
Hi Nïck. A question others may have wondered to… When undocking and getting away, what order do you recommend for untying, and does wind matter?
Video coming this weekend!
Great video, still prefer most slips in USA that have forward and midship pilings and finger piers. Docking my 41 Hunter single-handed without a bow thruster would prove troublesome in European slips utilizing a lazy line. This esp with a cross wind.
Yes it can be tough somedays with a strong cross wind. Though single handed, I still apply the same theory, just in a slightly different order. This video explains it in more detail: ruclips.net/video/jULddr4KA50/видео.html
Фига ты рэпер.
??? Thanks? lol
Domino of faulty actions......😢