How To Dock A Boat

[phumy]

Just seen this and found it quite impressive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw8F_GyUBYU&fea...

Have you seen any better or even worse ones that this?

[cabbron]

nicely done,with twins neatly balanced between fwd/reverse thats what can be done.wish i had a camera with me in spain last year-german fella tried umpteen times to back up med style in a 30'-we had finished our meal overlooking the marina by the time he got docked(on starters when he ambled in for first attempt)-not before his pal had got the famous long body trick going on,toes on swim platform and finger tips clinging on for dear life to the dock before executing the perfect bellyflop into the water.the whole resteraunt erupted,he was just a bit cross and made some rude jestures while emptying his shoes.

[Lefty]

[Simpo Two]

Actually a single screw Freeman wouldn't be far short of that - though you can't rotate from stationary. There's not much steerage in reverse but you use the paddle-wheel effect to pull the stern to starboard. Mooring on the port side requires a more angled approach and more skill, and when there's a strong wind blowing you off it's a slow version of a carrier landing...

[XJSJohn]

If you look closely i think there is a little bit of bow thruster action going on there too!!

Nice bit of boat handling, just as well there was no wind that day though

[cabbron]

XJSJohn said:

If you look closely i think there is a little bit of bow thruster action going on there too!!

Nice bit of boat handling, just as well there was no wind that day though

agreed no current or wind but still tidy-says in the comments he doesnt have a bow thruster-doesnt look to have one?

[Yachtworker]

No one docks a boat better than Captain Ron!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alNxLjCBJc&fea...

The best bit is the true to form cloud of diesel smoke after banging her hard astern, more real than the 1st clip.

Captain Ron is alive and well, making appearances in marinas worldwide, every day.

[cabbron]

haha,captain ron edges it.

[cabbron]

nope 2.19 in that vid is where its at;)

[MOTORVATOR]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Mmm, - better to be lucky than clever sometimes !
A little wash from a passing boat slapping on his arse would of made that costly.
Parking with Twins is fairly easy though, non ?



but Anchoring isn't too easy either


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAyDS1NuK_A&fea...

Parking with any boat, twins or otherwise, is just about being comfortable with how your boat reacts. Twin screw will react totally differently to twin outdrive and obviously singe screw is different again to single outdrive / outboard but understand the mechanics of each and none should present a problem.

I quite happily moor stern to in our marina which is strongly tidal across the berth and always has wind along the river rather than across. 46' without bow or stern thrusters.

What drives me up the wall is the new 34' Fairline owners with every thruster gizmo going trying to get into their berths with the constant sound of thrusters going off interfering with my hard earned Gin and Tonic.

The 35' yacht on the other hand immediately behind me with an alongside berth and nothing in front of him provides constant entertainment and also keeps our local glassfibre guy jangling like a used car salesman with all his gold finery bought from repair work.

It seems there are some people wired that can do it and some others that will never be able to end of story. Regardless of size, engines, drives, sails, attachments or whatever. I think it's just a mental block with something steering from the rear as opposed to the front.

And the anchoring incident above is why I always keep the rocket flares readily to hand. Fairly effective at explaining stay away from me.

[sambaman]

fantastic control.......

[Simpo Two]

MOTORVATOR said:

I think it's just a mental block with something steering from the rear as opposed to the front.

I think it's the inability to factor in external conditions. It doesn't always go where you point it. A fortnight ago on a particularly windy day I was crabbing along at up to 30 degrees; it reminded me of the crosswind landings you see on Youtube!

[MOTORVATOR]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Spoken like a true member of the Audience on a night at any marina round the world.

Nothing beats sitting there smug with the GnT just 'watching'

I can do Smug. I can do a whole extra level of Smug when I have a GnT in hand though.

Had an amusing incident a couple of weeks back where we had just arrived back at berth and done the follow line of boats, reverse port and spin on engines as nose meets line of berth, reverse stbd to control spin, leave both in reverse and stop in one movement whilst there was a fair lump of wind behind the arse.

In the process we had jumped past some ejit that was attempting to get his newly aquired Jeanneau into the berth forwards and had hooked himself anchor to handrail with another boat. Eventually with much shouting and smoking bow and stern thrusters they came apart and we popped around to take some ropes and generally fend off to be met with the local RYA training nob end standing on the flybridge shouting "don't touch the boat, we're training".

Smug kicked in on the second GnT and my mate went and retrieved our RYA official flag (we carry it to officiate at powerboat racing events) from below and hoisted it up on one of the arch vhf aerials. Once he was in we were joined by our somewhat flushed but newly aquired friends from the Jeanneau (minus nob end RYA trainer) for a few GnTs and a chat about how a boat will always handle better stern to into the wind than forwards due to it wanting to fall off the wind either way. First rule assess wind, current and circumstance before any manouvere and then use them to your advantage.

I'm going to crash next week now aren't I?

[MOTORVATOR]

Simpo Two said:

I think it's the inability to factor in external conditions. It doesn't always go where you point it. A fortnight ago on a particularly windy day I was crabbing along at up to 30 degrees; it reminded me of the crosswind landings you see on Youtube!

Spot on Jon, as above you shouldn't touch any control until you know what influence external factors are going to have. Probably the most important time for that thought to kick in is a MOB or recovery situation. Touch nothing until you have assessed.

[Nickyboy]

First attempt wasnt too good however

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDg7gIXJv7I

[MOTORVATOR]

Get enough money to get a captain to do it for you. Much safer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hId0EhWeRKg&fea...

[mrloudly]

"How To Dock A Boat"

Gently, letting wind and tide work with you not against When possible!

[mrloudly]

MOTORVATOR said:

Get enough money to get a captain to do it for you. Much safer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hId0EhWeRKg&fea...

Had he just sat still the wind would have blown him back!

See my post above

[yorkieboy]

What were they thinkhttp://youtu.be/hId0EhWeRKging???!!!

[Mojocvh]

Yachtworker said:

No one docks a boat better than Captain Ron!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alNxLjCBJc&fea...

The best bit is the true to form cloud of diesel smoke after banging her hard astern, more real than the 1st clip.

Captain Ron is alive and well, making appearances in marinas worldwide, every day.

Ended up watching the bloody film thanks to that