Marina manoeuvres - a useful single line technique
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2013
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One of those hidden videos, splendidly narrated, excellently executed, and clearly captured. This deserves higher visibility! ❤
All that needs to be done before leaving is to check the tides again because you've probably missed them after messing around with that lot!
A useful leaving strategy. As I learn to single hand, this looks extremely smart when returning, too. Thank you.
❤ what a best technique 👌👌👌❤
He could have just looped the existing stern line around the dock cleat and back aboard....throttle forward...remove bow line...full reverse while taking in stern line, done! (Saving about 14 steps!)
mrmrlee 😂 I thought the same thing
The whole point was that reverse is very slow, in particular for this boat. Doing as you suggest, would have the boat uncontrolled and the wind will take over. It's a common thing to observe in windy marinas, where captains try to leave the easy way, and lose control, hitting other boats in the process.
Just laughing as the below comments show we now have the "digital" equivalent of any boating maneuver performed adjacent the yacht club bar! Haha Everyone has a lot to say, as usual. It would be nice if they were kind about it. If you don't mind me mentioning my approach at my own windy slip. As it is my slip and I know I will be returning, I leave my lines cleated ashore and feed them out from the cockpit making sure nothing can catch in the prop, of course. I don't like the idea of risking a line "not" coming off a cleat as could of happened here. Best of luck. Love the video.
Very good!
After finding my self with this @6:06 and the wind sounds 20+ kts. I would have packed up the boat, gotten a sandwich at the marina bar, then gone home
I leave a stern spring line on the dock all the time. It is on the aft dock cleat and has an arm that raises it so when I come in I grab it and put it on my port jib winch and then I spring in. Gives me time to grab the bow lines. Leaving I do this in reverse like the video above - but I only have the single aft spring line on. I back out and once the winch lines up the dock cleat - I take it off and put it on the arm as I am passing it. I do this when by myself or with crew that cannot help.
The concept on its own is interesting, especially without a crew, but the system could be simpler. The comments below are valid. I would have liked to have seen him do the video in the reverse situation where he needed to come into a berth e.g. to get water, when short handed whilst being blown off. Then leave.
Interesting but is it already time to go home by the time you've exited the dock? ; )
Question: why not a single midship spring line, set to slip, to the stern dock cleat. Apply minimal forward power to hold boat against pontoon, remove all other lines and pull out slipping the spring line?
William Webb that would be too easy, wouldn‘t it? Joking apart, apparently there is no midships cleat. So what he does is mimicking a bridle creating this triangle line.
We regularly use a midship line on our trawler when coming and going. May not be practical for a sailboat because of jib sheets always hung on the cleat. I do like that idea of holding the boat fast with engine power, and a cleat any distance aft is probably superior to midship for this?
If there's 2 of you (or even 1) tie starboard bow line to your cleat through pantoon cleat and back on to your cleat, slip line, put your boat in reverse rudder hard starboard, and ul be stuck to the pantoon, release bow line pull in fast and you are off 🤷🏼♂️
Not saying it can't be done of course, just seems unecessarily complicated that's all ⛵⚓❤️
Why not bring the red line all the way to the cleat on the dock then to the stern cleat on the boat and avoid the splicing ?
But the question remains...If the pirates on another ship are bearing down on your bounty, is this the most efficient method to use?
wind,current, prop walk, tiller or wheel, all makes it more complicated.
Is he dressed for sailing or for a safari?
Well, in 50 years of sailing from crappy berths with wind tide to take on I wonder why we do it
Really needs a diagram, all of ropes are all over the place and hidden by bAd camera (as already noted)
1000 correct
Rope? Rope?? LOL
Lines, not ropes - surely
Well, look carefully. There is no mention of the use of rudder at all, and the ropework is a cat's cradle of a mess. All far too complicated when in reality it is very simple.
Go for a caravan.
A 12 minute video that could have been done in 3.
I don't know what's up with you british sailors, but it's almost like you do everything backwards while drunk, and hoping to become a TV star.
He lost me after 30 sec. Good luck