Singlehanded Docking Stern To with Lazy Lines
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- Watch this episode of the Sharpen Up Series, Episode 3 Singlehanded Docking Stern To with Lazy Lines where Nick explains and demonstrates Singlehanded Docking at Marina Baotić, near Trogir in Croatia. This is a stern to mooring lines setup with lazy lines aboard the 2021 Bavaria 51 Cruiser 'Marie'.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Setup
3:55 Approach and Prep
5:50 Radio in
6:28 Docking
18:04 Thanks
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that one handed knot tie was cool
Have not seen a docking with a bow line like that as, here in Australia, we usually have fingers to tie off to on one or both sides. Well explained. Thanks.
Most welcome Linsay. Yes that’s very common in Aus, NZ. This system can be a bit of shock when you get here if you are not prepared for it!
I’ve watched this several times over the past months... and I’ve got to say this is the absolutely BEST instructional video on how to dock! (For whatever it’s worth, I’m a charter skipper on similar boats (albeit in much colder waters ;-)
Thanks Tommy! Appreciate the positive feedback :) where are you sailing out of?
@@45DegreesSailing Stockholm, Sweden.
@@tolex3 that certainly is colder!
your a charter captain and this video helped you? 🤔 for the sake of your employer, i wouldnt let the world know who you work for if you need to watch a youtube video to reverse a boat into a dock on a calm day. holy moses. how have you been getting into pens before now? i mean.... here in australia you must go though months and years of training to get your commercial right to operate a vessel in a commercial capacity. if one of my skippers showed me this video and told me how much it helped him he would be fired immediately. are you indian by chance?...
@@freelectron2029your reading comprehension isn’t too sharp there… if you wana be a dick, have at it. if you want to look like a dick, don’t read a comment properly and make stupid and racist assumptions 😂🤦🏽♀️
I cannot understand this comments "this is not single-handed-docking". Of course it is! It doesn't matter if the solo- Skipper gets help from Marinero. At the vessel the skipper is single-handed.
Nick, I appreciate a lot your efforts in this video's. As profesional Skipper, instructor and examiner I see all the benefits in your tutorials for beginners and advanced sailors. Keep on going! 👍
Greatings from Germany
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Completely agree mate. And, you will always have some who need to have their voice heard. And that's ok! They are boosting my channel with comments 😜
Thank you for the feedback. Great to hear you and others are getting benefit from the videos.
Lazy lines make life so much easier. Was sailng in Greece this summer and you had to lay our anchor to secure our bow in the small ports we visited. Lots of potential for crossed anchor chains.
Yes. Med-mooring with an anchor is much harder than with lazy lines! I also have a video on that manoeuvre: czcams.com/video/LAXLLNP48t8/video.html
As a reformed commercial fisherman who has gone over to "blow boating" I had always been taught that you are never done cleating off until you flip a loop and hitch it down.
Then a couple years back this English chap (who was admittedly a bit cranky) noticed how I was cleating off, and questioned me on it like I had commited some form of cardinal sin while desecrating a temple of some form. Right irritable fellow, but every now and again he would make a good point, and yes sometimes the OXO is indeed easier to get undone, but at least in my experience you have to load it right up before it cinches down on you. To each their own.
Also I've had the pleasure of playing bumper boats on a Bavaria 51, that twin rudder had me all types of baffled, got her mostly lined up to go starboard side to and went to give her a bump ahead to shove her rear end in a bit and nothing damn well happened, so me in my infinite wisdom and nearly 30 years of single rudders unly decided screw it I'll spring in, which only served to swing her stern out more and cause the fenders at the bow to protest. I then started getting flustered, and force of habit and practice took over and just made everything worse. Thank god for fenders! Ended up full sideways pinned in a corner by the breeze feeling big enough to use a thimble as a bath. Took a lot of "Norwegian Steam" to fix that mess. Then some good brandy to ease the skippers pain!
I have to say Jayson this is one of the most lyrical comments I have had on the channel! We love the way you write!
Yes that twin rudder situation can be a bit of a surprise to the normal manoeuvring tactics for sure. Thanks for watching and the support. Takes a real skipper to be able to admit and share stories like this one, so thank you again, we are all richer for it. Hope to see more of of you on the channel. (And by the looks of my notifications you are working your way through our videos!)
Your videos really help me gain more confidence, great tip about where to sit during maneuvering.
Thanks Nicolo. Glad they were helpful :)
Probably the best video I've seen about stern-to docking.
Appreciate that! How do you think we could make it even better?
(more wind would have been my call! I cannot control the weather though!)
@@45DegreesSailing maybe add some graphical reference points/distances to the neighbor boats while you turn into the mooring place. When to start the turn, how far from the bow of the other boats, be aware of the lazy lines of other boats.
@@cornelceapchi9700 alright great. Next one I will consider this :)
Thanx, very helpful and clear, no-nonsense approach to stern to docking!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much :)
Good explanation and technique , can you make it compulsory for ALL charterers 😆
Great video! That's exactly how I do it except I do OXO only for temporary use... after I'm happy with my position i do the "proper" cleat knot. Remember to throw windward line first from the stern and always, when going parallel to the dock during initial approach, you want to go stern towards the wind if it blows sideways to the dock. My Bav 36 doesnt have a bow thruster so with side wind I want to dock in a position where my downwind side of the hull will have another boat to rest on with my fenders... if there are none, after throwing the stern line I have to put on forward and steer a bit towards the windward side so the boat stays balanced on one line... only after that I take the mooring line.
Excellent video!! Yes, there's no wind but you don't get to choose the weather. 😂 It would be great to do the same video with somw crosswinds. Also, a video of leaving the dock with crosswinds while squeezed between two boats, that would be amazing!! Hopefully you get lucky with the weather at some point 😂. Thanks for making these videos, they are by far the most useful ones we found on CZcams so far.
There is this one: czcams.com/video/2OJLERhBt3c/video.htmlsi=fO8iKcf-ugcaUKCs
Though not much of a cross wind.
This one is with a cross wind. I need to do a commentary though: czcams.com/video/YlZd-VqifhU/video.htmlsi=ZdivMie8PGVjMcZf
This is the one! czcams.com/video/jaGZ22t-Z9g/video.htmlsi=mOjVCcQyM3c8Cosh
No drone or though lol. Was raining 🌧️
In Croatia, almost every marinero start to pull the mooring line first. However, we know that the most important line on docking maneuver - stern to, is the windward stern line. So, if you will first time sail in Croatia - prepare yourself. Congratulations for very nice video and explanation.
Totally agree. And thanks for the comments. That control line is so important in any docking/manoeuvring procedure. If you can learn control lines then single handed or crewed, your job becomes so much easier.
That's also how I do it every time. Get the windward stern line (or both) set up first, engage the engine forward and you have all the time in the world. :-) Nice video.
REALLY NICE-I really like your focus on pre-docking and all the detail-I didn't watch the whole thing, but I hope you encouraged people to practice, practice ALONE, not with friends & family aboard. Early Sunday morning is a great time with little traffic then. ALSO, if you haven't, a video about docking in wind and current (which weren't present here) would be great for folks.. Cheers.
Thanks Will. Yes I need to make the time and situation to be able to film this well! Its tough when working. We get very little tide/current here in Croatia so I will have to save that one for when I travel. But 20 knots on the beam is very common!
Very helpful, confidence is contagious
I can not thank you enough for your video. I just single hand moored in Stari Grad. So so so helpful. This video is full of amazing tips from start to finish.
That’s great to hear! Enjoy Stari Grad. Remember to go to Za Pod Zub! 😉
Hey Nick! YT's algorithm made me discover your awesome channel. Now, we're best friend! But, I also have to binge watch 300+ vids. OMG, I'll never get to the water!
Haha, thanks mate! Will keep an eye out for your comments.
Great video good to see you back doing great sailing videos
Thanks Steve. Good to be doing it!
Excellent video Nick, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Was a lot of fun to make!
Super well explained. Thanks. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent stuff Nick. Thanks
Thanks Roy. Hope it was helpful!
Great video, thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks so much for the comment!
Thanks
Hvala vam puno! These totally make our day!
I really loved this video and I learned OXOO that is actually way better than hitches.
I loved also your other docking videos, I will use it to teach my unskilled crew.
Great to hear! Thanks for the comments :)
Great video, thanks Nick
Thanks Keith, glad you enjoyed it.
Love the stern line figure 8 and 3 loops and toss to the hand!
Thanks Sarah. Yes I can take full credit for this one, it just made sense after watching the dock staff fumble with so much line!
Well done, excellent communication...working my way through purchasing a Gozzard right now...about four weeks out if all goes well and then I'll be approaching my slip for the first time:)
Great video thanks
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
This is well explained, thanks for that! It would be interesting to repeat it with a heavier breeze ;)
Yep working on it! I have some videos in much windier. It is challenging to get the drone up and the camera out on days with guests and lots of wind!
Excellent video. Thank you
Thanks Andy 🙂
brilliant video enjoyed every second thank you
Rapt to hear that! Thanks for the comment
Very Helpful. Thank you!
Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful!
Great video - well paced and informative. Keep pumping these out pls!
Thanks Kay Jay 😊 I will do! What would you like to see next?
@@45DegreesSailing we’re keen to learn practical skills but also to build up a set of what do do when ‘shit happens’ - so we have safe Plan Bs rather than freaking out. Things like how to safely tow a sailboat, parallel parking at a marina, or how to fix a jammed winch. (And ‘hi’ from Down Under!)
@@kirstyjjamieson ok great suggestions! I’ll see if we can work one of those on todays sail 🙂 Hi right back! Where are tuning in from?
Nick- REALLY nice work. Thank you 👍
Thanks Sandy
Really informative, thanks very much 🙂
You're welcome 😎
They really pack those boats in there.
Haha. They sure do. This space we docked in here is ‘huge’ by normal standards.
Great video hope to see more of your videos in the future
Hvala Rino. Will keep them coming
Very nice video. I like your videos. I would love to charter one of your boats one day.
Very helpful thank you
Most welcome. More to come this season. Drop a subscribe to be kept up to date! Also remember we are an agent for chartering in Croatia so if you are looking for a yacht charter we can help out.
Great video, perfectly done.
Thanks George ☺️
I am so glad yours are the first docking and boat handling videos I stumbled upon. Very clear, great detail and wonderful attitude. Thank to you both!! , and thanks for both the snapping turtle and the prop wash explanations.
Thats great Michelle! I am glad too.
Nice job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Very helpful. Thanks
Hvala 😌
Excellent. Cheers.
Thanks Edward. Most welcome.
Fantastic ! ! !
Glad you like it!!!
Great video. So well explained. 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice presentation!
Thank you! Hope it was helpful.
Nice video dude, very helpful thank's;)
Most welcome. Thanks for tuning in!
very helpful. Thank you.
You're welcome! Glad to hear it helped. Have you chartered in Croatia recently?
Great video mate!
Cheers!
Wow awesome
Hvala!
Probably the best docking video ever.
Why thank you sir. I appreciate you stopping in to leave this comment. Cheers!
Nick's instruction is tremendous. He dances around the boat.
😂 Thanks Rick!
Some of the best videos I’ve seen. Very concise and to the point. Thanks
Thanks Charlie. Glad they are helpful!
Really cool, thx!
No problem!
Mate you have made me nostalgic just watching this. Pre covid is sailed each a week in Croatia in 2019 and 2018 (2 separate weeks in 2019) and absolutely loved it and miss it. Can’t wait to get back. Start out from Marina Kremik near Primosten and normally Trogir, Milna, Vis, Hvar and if winds are with use Korcula. Milna, Vis and Trogir are “chefs kiss”. If you’re ever in Stockholm… you’ve got a beer on me. Cheers for the video. -An Aussie in Sweden
Haha mate thats brilliant. I'll remember that one! Have not made it to Sweden yet. See you in Stockholm
Great video very helpful
Thanks Samantha, I am stoked it was helpful for you!
Very helpful- thank u!
Good to hear Ally. Glad it was helpful :)
Great video, we will be using this technique soon!
Glad it was helpful :)
Very smooth, good job
Hvala Savvas
Excellent video
Thanks Greg!
Super high quality video, easy but still spot on, just how I like it. Well done!
Thanks!
You did an excellent job covering the docking fundamentals in a simple and straightforward manner.
Thanks Dan, appreciate the feedback.
Really helpful, really clear, thanks man !
Thanks Paulo. Glad we could help
Stumbled across your channel and your videos are incredible resources for those with larger boats. Thank you for taking the time to put these out there.
Awesome Robert, thank you. We will keep working on making the channel better
@@45DegreesSailing Thank you for responding to me comment. I sail out of San Francisco, California so not sure I will ever make it to Croatia but it looks beautiful. I will definitely add to my sail bucket list.
Great!!
Cheers!
Thanks fabulous! Maybe catch you in Trogir one day 👍
Sounds great! Feel free to come up and say hi if you see us around 🙃
Bravo 👏
Hvala :)
Nice job.
Hvala
Great filming Mahina!
Yes! Very easy to follow :) much better than when I do it on my own!
Very nice
Hvala :)
Very useful ahead of our flotilla holiday in Greece - thank you
Thanks Jack, glad it was helpful! Have a great trip
Thank you for your efforts to upload this excellent tutorial. One of the best in YT.
I'm also very curious to see the next video with 40 knots of cross wind.
Greetings from Germany
ah
Thank you very much! Yes I need to get that one done. Though I must say the footage really does not show the conditions, very hard thing to film effectively. We will keep working on it!
Excelent tutorial!
Thanks! Hope it was helpful
great video
Thanks mate
Gold mate keep going 👌
Thanks Kevin, will do!
This was helpful!
Good to hear Mary
Well made video and great instruction, very clear and easy to understand. Thank you. Subscribed and looking forward to perusing more videos. Didn't know about cleat hitch vs OXXOO, I know my less experienced crew will be happy this adjustment.
Awesome, thank you! Glad it was helpful. Where are you sailing mainly?
Very controlled. Nice and clear.
Thanks Tommy. Hope it was helpful 😊
@@45DegreesSailing sure was. Even if I do a bit of the same job as you, but in much colder waters (SWE) :-) . Anyways, always trying to learn more, and as I mentioned, I really liked your presentation. :-)
Now eagerly waiting for you to post a vid on how to manage the same single handed docking with 20+ knots of wind on the beam - that situation always makes me very nervous.... :-)
@@tolex3 Yes! I just have to find the conditions and the time! Hopefully the season will get us this opportunity this year.
Thanks for the support!
@@45DegreesSailing Looking fwd to it. (And if I ever get to visit Croatia, I’ll look you up and buy you a beer! :-)
@@tolex3 deal
Very helpful
Glad it was helpful Nick
top notch
Thanks Keith
This is the most practical instruction video on docking stern to - thanks - what would be helpful is docking instructions when wind is blowing .
Thanks for the feedback. And yes, working on picking the right conditions to be able to have someone filming the docking while the wind is blowing!
This is a GREAT docking instruction video! A must-watch for all beginners, but also for people who wonder why they had so much trouble docking in the past...
Thanks Mirko. Appreciate the positive feedback!
Amazing instructional. Doubt that even the most ardent keyboard warriors would find an issue with anything you’ve done in this manoeuvre.
Absolutely fantastic video thanks for sharing !
Thank you very much. And yes they manage to find plenty to complain about 😂
Thank you
You're welcome
Awesome good lad
Thanks Mark 🤙🏽
Good man. 👏🏻
Cheers mate
Good stuff ty L&S
No worries!
Nice video of the hardest part of boating.
Thanks TM, yes it can certainly be a challenge! Thanks for the comment
Just starting my sailing journey. Finished a basic cruising standard course in 2020 and am now determined to live the life. Thank you for your videos. Fair winds.
Excellent to hear Matthew! Congratulations. To you also. 4 feet under the keel!
Congratulations! Small steps and pushing outside your comfort zone, and, amazingly, you’ll develop your skills! It’s a blast learning new things and having occasional errors and excitement! Cheers!
Thanks!
Most welcome Mick. Hope it was helpful
@@45DegreesSailing like the straight forward format - no fluffing around with music and extra scenes that aren’t required to teach/explain the points you want to make.
I do almost what you did, the only difference is that after I get my first stern line I put the boat in forward so I don’t have to worry about hitting the dock, then I pick up the lazy line being very careful and putting it over the bumpers since the prop is running and I go to the bow to tighten up the two bow lines, then I came back and do the remaining stern line.
Yes that is exactly right. I would do the same had there been any wind to speak of. You can see this technique in out other docking video: czcams.com/video/jULddr4KA50/video.html
Thanks for the comment! And yes very important to be careful of the lazy lines potentially catching in the prop. Especially if they are short (often happens after someone catches it in the prop, it gets cut and retied but the line is too short)
Or maybe the wind is already pushing you away from the dock. Marina staff will first fill the side of the pontoon that has you backing into the wind.
Nice instruction and impressed you didn't need the bow thruster. I don't have one! I'd like to add a little word of warning to anyone who hasn't yet come across one nasty little issue! Some lazy and bow lines have spent a long time underwater! They are quite inviting to shells and molluscs, if you are not wearing gloves and your hands slip on the lines you can expect a whole load of painful cuts on your hands! It happened to me in the very same waters you are in! Keep up the great instructions!
Hi Nick, nice video. Lazy lines are part of the lazy jack system.
And a tip if you are making the follow up: "Sailing Away from the berth": Don't use the bowthruster too soon (when it is windy). When dropping the mooring lines the small helpline needs time to sink, otherwise there is a chance of being sucked into the bowthruster. (Own experience).
Hey Chiel. Thanks for the explanation. Indeed, some to refer to the lines for the lazy bag as 'lazy lines', though they are more commonly called 'lazy jacks' (separated into risers and legs).
When we refer to mooring stern-to with lazy lines, this is the name given to the system used in the marinas here in Croatia. You used the term 'helpline' which I am presuming refers to the line that attaches from the dock to the mooring line. We call this the 'lazy line' as this line should never comes under load. Hence why it is 'lazy'. Just like we say 'lazy sheet' when referring to a sheet not under load.
🤦🏽♀️ Theres always one
With the bow thrusters yes absolutely agree, and on the way out of the berth there should be very little need for thrusters until the yacht is at least half way out of the berth.
If the marina/dock has set up the lines properly, the lazy line (smaller gauge line attached to the mooring line and the dock for those reading the comment out of context) should be no where near your bow on release, and have plenty of length so there is no tension back to the dock to catch rudders, props etc. And in saying that even the large gauge mooring line can catch on drop down thrusters. Just have to be so careful and aware of this every time.
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Nice job good video
Thanks Drew
You need a beer after that one!
Ha, fair. Was the drone that was the most stressful :p
0800 - never saw this - gonna try it this summer! :-)
Just make sure to cinch in that last 0 for good holding :)
Nice one ;)
Thanks 😁 glad you enjoyed.
I sail in the Solent normally but am bareboat chartering a cat in Greece in 2 weeks firs the first time - this helps, thanks!
Most welcome. Glad it was helpful!
Hello... très belles explications et démonstration.... beaucoup (voir tous ) de personnes qui louent un bateau devraient voir et étudier cet épisode ....BRAVO....
Jack from CROATIA
Thanks Jack!