Basic Seamanship 101 & Anchoring
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- Seamanship skills and Anchoring strategies. We talk about the correct and incorrect way of making a line off to a cleat, the importance of apposing spring lines and what I think are the most common mistakes made while anchoring.
the feeling of watching something you enjoy and knowing that you are studying something that you actually need in life is amazing. I FEEL THE FREEDOM, SCREW YOU HIGHSCHOOL, IM NOW FREEEEEEEEEEE
(I BECAME A MARITIME STUDENT THIS YEAR)
Congratulations! (SUNY just got their new ship today and the other 4 schools will be getting theirs over the next couple years. Great Lakes needs a new ship, but the new ships aren't a good fit). Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO
Tim thanks for those of us who don't have a boat but appreciate good solid info from a professional. Thanks much for that!
Thank you for watching Eric. We are literally all in this water together. The more we can share ideas and knowledge from each other, the more safe and better time we all will have.
NEVER have I read so keenly the entire comments section to see the great questions and discussion. THANK YOU for providing this channel and the comments section is as engaging as the videos!
That makes me so happy!!! Thank you all for participating!
This is “by large(est)” a cleating demonstration, I’ve seen so far. Thank you for the basis. Take care.
Thank you for watching Edwardo.
Could have stood next .. was a skipper in the salish sea 30 years..thank you.. John osborne.. well stated..
Great video Tim, you'd make a good teacher, as even this old salty seadog picked up a couple points (cleats) I hadn't considered.
Keep safe, keep sane and keep afloat!
Thank you very much Ricky. It is my hope that we can all contribute our collective knowledge and all learn from each other on this channel. Stay safe!
@@TimBatSea Of course as soon as I posted that I re-called something to tell you!
There is an island off the north Devon coast, Lundy Island, about the only sheltered anchorage along that coast. In really bad gales/storms you get the wind funneling around both ends of the island and sort of meeting in the middle. You can end up with your bow facing out to sea and your stern in towards the island. And you need to tuck right in under the island to be comfortable. It gets to be a bit buttock clenching at low water seeing how close you are to some rocks!
But for someone else coming into the anchorage it can seem very puzzling to see you laying at anchor as you are.
Keep up the good work.
@@rickymherbert2899 Thank you Ricky!
@@TimBatSea Since your Cape Cod Canal transit video Tim I have been watching a few of the many other posts on CZcams about it.
For those like myself who didn;t know anything this is a good one -
czcams.com/video/Uom3bmrWm3k/video.html
Seeing the size of some of the vessels passing thru the canal a quick question, do the pilots try to have the tide against them when coming up to the railway bridge? I know from my own experience how buttock clenching it can be trying to go astern with the tide behind you when a bridge is a bit slow in lifting.Or as happened to me once going in on a loaded dredger on a good spring flood tide. When a yachtsman decided to poke into the bridge hole after it had lifted for me from the other side. I was about a ship's length off as he appeared!!!!
I also know who a Selectman is too now. So both directly and indirectly you're boarding my knowledge Tim!
Keep safe, keep sane and keep posting.
@@rickymherbert2899 Thank you again Ricky. That usually isn't a problem for us. We are controlled traffic, meaning we can't just enter the canal when we want. We need to call in 24 hours before and get a transit number before entering the canal from the east or buzzard's bay from the west. Then the controllers won't let us in the canal if there will be a train requiring the railroad bridge to be lowered. As far as the tide goes, we usually don't want to be in the canal with anything other than slack or fair tide. An opposing spring tide would be more than we could manage even with our assist boat.
Thanks for the video! I’m one of the “other type of Captains,” though I’m fortunate enough to be working in the Express Air Cargo industry nowadays. I joke with my sailing buddies that I’m gong to get my Six Pack Captain’s license one day and then I’ll wear 8 stripes around the club. 😂
Anyways, I used to fly the CRJ, which has smaller overheads. My advice would be to have a soft sided padded laptop case, and a soft camera case. If you can’t bring the carryon in the cabin, then camera case can be carried on as your “personal item” (should fit under the seat if not in the overhead bin.) Put the laptop case in the middle of your carry on with your clothing on all sides for extra padding. Roll the clothing on the top and bottom (vertically as in handle and wheels ends) for extra protection.
Always check your ticket, but if your camera case fits on an ERJ-135 or ERJ-145 (aka Jungle Jet or the Rain Forest Rocket), then it’ll fit on any of the “Regional Jets.” The EMB-170 series of Jungle Jets are a completely different animal from their baby brother and can easily be confused with a baby Airbus. Should have much less problems on those.
Google Purdy Neat Stuff bags if you want a measure of extra protection on your carryons. Get the plastic framed one. The metal one weighs a ton!It’s what many aircrew members carry, especially on the smaller RJs because we too had to put our carryons in the aft luggage compartment. Ours usually ended up on the bottom of the pile.
Hope that helps!
Thank you for watching Ian. Eight stripes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Great information on the bag thing. Thank you very much!
FWIW. I learned how to use an anchor, chain, rope and position my 14’ boat back in the late 1950s. My mentor was Captain Marley a San Francisco Bay Pilot & Tug Captain. He taught me a lot about boats a seamanship.
Cool Ed. Thank you for sharing.
Great episode! I stopped traveling with a roller bag and use a backpack. I tell them the value of the bag and usually about 10K worth of stuff in there and ask them for their companies insurance information. After a blank stare every time they then let me bring my backpack on with me. I now only travel with on backpack.
Thank you for watching Justin. Great advice! Thank you!
As a recreational sailor I learned the right and wrong side of a cleat when I was ... around 8yo. The 3 years prior I just didn´t understand it. Then my father (who also was the youth trainer at my sailing club) had the idea to let me hold a boat by hand with the use of a cleat - but only going under 1 horn.
That was the day it clicked for me.
No cleat - hard but doable
wrong horn - seems easy, slips off and jerks me into the water
right horn - easy. Cleat does it´s magic
(it was a 5m/15ft open sailing boat in medium wind on a sunny day, totally appropriate for a kid)
Oh, and I really appreciate your videos, not only because they serve as a reminder to a lot of things I should know, but even more so because they provide a change in perspective for me. Hearing your remarks about the small boat users combined with the view from your bridge certainly makes me question some of the decisions I made in the past when encountering big ships...
And you have a wonderful way of calling a fool a foll without calling him a fool
Thank you very much for watching and sharing such a wonderful story Christian. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday.
Hi Tim, greetings from Argentina. Soy Rafael from all the way here below I see you and I really like the videos and the content that is in them. Perhaps the least things that one thinks that people cannot be interested in are the things that others expect to see. (even the barometer hanging on the wall too for example,who knows).
My dad was a sailor in my country and then he went to the merchant, he was the first officer on deck. We made several trips on merchant ships some to New York and they lasted about three months round trip.
So I have been very soaked in all this since I was a child and I always liked everything related to motor boats and sails boats.
Well Tim take good care of yourself, kept uploading videos that I'll keep watching here.
Oh, I didn't know you spoke some Spanish ...nos vemos..
Gracias Rafael. Muy bien. Toda bien aquí. Saludos!
Mi abuelita es Ecudoriana y tango familia en Quitó.
I just found your channel, and I'm so impressed! Calm, complete explanations of what's going on, to most who find this a foreign world. I've been a recreational boater (small center console) for decades, primarily in the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes. My dad taught me the basics, and I tried to learn whatever I could through observing others more expert than myself, and by reading Chapman Piloting Seamanship and Boat Handling. And of course by making my own mistakes.
A friend of the family invited me and my dad to spend a night shift on the tug he worked as a deckhand in Baltimore Harbor. I remember the sights and sounds and smells to this day; I'd love to do that again. Unfortunately, my family is now in land-locked Colorado, so I take what I can get in terms of boating (we usually head to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan when able).
I have definitely subscribed, and I look forward to watching your past and present videos. Thank you for putting in the time to make such excellent videos.
Thank you very much Bill! I try to post new content every Tuesday.
Tim, you're right...its amazing how many times mariners tie a cleat wrong.
Merry Christmas!! CUOTO
I was taught that you should put the line around the most distant part of the cleat, as you showed. I have been boating for 50 years and was an instructor with the Power Squadron many years ago. One of the reasons I wanted to teach was so that I would not forget. It is the same reason I enjoy watching your videos. Thanks!
Thank you for watching Phil. CUOTO
The CG is Alaska does not the use of a lock turn on a cleat.
In freezing weather, it could basically lock (freeze) the line to cleat making it impossible to untie.
Good info for all of us.
Wish every boater would take a boating skills course from either USCGAUX or the Power Squadron.
We might have fewer boating accidents and SAR calls.
Thanks for posting this.
Thank you Bill for watching. That's kind of funny you mention that. I had a plan to do a cold weather video about things we are concerned about and prepare for, but with the mild winter (temperature wise) I never got a chance to film anything.
I am taking one next week. I suck at docking a simple 24ft Bay Liner
We towboaters call it dogging a line off… we definitely don’t dog our 2” lines off in the winter, but summer time we dog everything off… we aim for 3-5 wraps and 2 half hitches/dogs.
What a great refresher - thank you Tim!
Thank you for watching Simon.
Thanks Tim, the info on cleats was worth the price of admission. This is the is the kind of stuff that I like to watch, so keep it going. Haven’t had a boat in many years but you never know where life will take you so I soak it all up. Take care, be safe and wash your hands!
Thank you very much for watching Ed. Yes, keep washing hands! Lol
Highly informative, very interesting. Thank you for this insight into your world.
Thank you for watching. I really appreciate it! Stay safe and healthy!
Thanks for another informative vlog, coming from the construction industry and crane work we also had to take windage into consideration. I was driving a tower crane building precast walls & floors 4 story apartment blocks. The floor sections were OK only 1ft high 10ft long of windage. But the walls were sails and we would have a guys with tag lines tied fore and aft to keep em heading into wind. That worked great but then we had to land them on line, well I lernt to the end two first and follow on land the rest down wind of them it worked great and we continued to earn bonus.
Another trick I learnt this time from a River Thames crew, while replacing a broken generator belt tied to a floating jetty. The tug needed us to move up, this was into tide my crew member took the stern line and I the bow, but we a hell of a job getting headway and the boat just pulled hard away from us. The tug man to mt crew to slacken off, now I was horrified thinking I was going swimming, but just with my pressure on the line she came back in and nosed up the jetty no bother.
Airline damage: Take photos of all your gear that's carry on luggage, together with your boarding pass. This will prove the damage is recent and caused by the airline. Film any ground crew handling luggage roughly that you may see from the aircraft or waiting lounge. Check your belongings on collection and report defects to the agent before clearing the airport.
If you don't get satisfaction put the photos and any filming on CZcams.
Thank you for watching as always. Great story! So many people often think a bad weather day has to do with the lack of sun and forget how much the wind effects so much of what gets done.
Excellent review. I learned this when I was in the Navy and was coxwain on small craft. I then came back to larger vessels and surprised the officer of the deck that an engineering type new about anchoring, mooring. and tying up to a pier.
Thank you for your service Dale and for watching.
Thanks Tim. Just watched this and one of your engine room videos and I can't believe how much of it is so similar to working a trawler. I'm really Chomping at the bit to get on a boat again. We had a CAT 3412, tied up the same way with spring and breast lines, ran drum winches (much smaller wire) to drag nets at 100 fathoms. Get's my blood going.
Thank you for watching Rob and welcome to the channel. Please consider Subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO
I do not travel like you do but I have traveled and I have very expensive camera gear and computers. I learned a long time ago back in the 70s that if you’re going to carry this type of equipment it should be in protective cases at all times. Packed well enough for a drop test. Pelican is the current reigning champ of really high-quality cases. My Apple MacBook computer goes in a pelican case which was special ordered in bright yellow. Makes the case very easy to keep track of.
Thank you Ed. I think a pelican box is in my future!
Great narrative on anchoring, really filled in some knowledge gaps and good line handling insight. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
Great video on anchoring. I liked the emphasis on the rode and making sure it’s heavy enough for your vessel.
Thank you for watching Walter, and please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday.
Hi Tim, love your channel. I'm actually in both industries, aviation and maritime. I used to work for American with regional jets such as what you fly to Norfolk. The way I always traveled was with a backpack and a carry-on bag. The backpack I would keep my computers and cameras in with everything else in my carry on bag. Safe travels!
Thank you for watching and for the great advice! That seems to be the easiest and best way. Thank you.
Hey Tim, I love the vids! I am a pro video guy and I travel a lot. Yeah, that happens every day. I am almost 1mill miles on AA. I typically travel with $75-150k in pro cinema cam gear. In the old days, I used to cary on the expensive stuff but too many times it won't fit in the cabin of small aircraft. So now, I check it all. It's all double or quadruple TSA locked and in Pelican or SKB cases all foamed up with 2" of foam in every direction. And sometimes we hide trackers in there, as simple as a "Tile" JIK, it goes missing. But, I always take cell phone pix of the cases at check in, just in case the rare issue happens to prove it was there and to show bag reps what they look like. These days Lithium batteries are the main issue and cannot be checked, so my cary on is mostly Professional, fused, monitored Lithium batteries. So, I can't even take a camera because I am required to cary on the batteries. But a tip here, if you tell the cabin crew you have a bunch of lithium batteries in your bag they WILL find a spot for it in the cabin! ;) Keep up the good work! - Rich
Thank you very much Rich. Will do. Great advice all around.
Thank you for this video Tim. Have a great day.
Thank you very much for watching.
First though it's so long but when I klicked and watched it I wondered where all the minutes were. Thank you for making it informing, understandable and concentrating on the important things. Apreaciate it as all your videos :)
Thank you so much for watching and please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday.
Thx Capt. I'm new to boating and fishing. I watch the Captain as he sets up to anchor when we bottom fish. Generally he uses 2 anchors to avoid swinging. I now have a better understanding about what he is doing and it will help me when anchoring and tying up. I'll remember the correct side as the further away side of the cleat. Thx again.
Thank you for watching Lorne. I appreciate it. Hey, I have a question for you. Looking at your name, I am wondering where you are from? (I am looking for help from someone that speaks Norwegian, Swedish or Indonesian). I'm sure you don't speak any of those, but I thought I would try and ask you.
Captain Tim, thanks for sharing such an informative video. Stay safe out there.
Thank you very much for watching!
Really neat video! Thank you. I watch every video you post.
Thank you for watching Wayne. I really appreciate it!
This video is amazing!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thank you for watching Arthur and welcome to the channel. I try to post new content every Tuesday.
I hope a lot of people take heed to the lesson that you just taught because like you said so many of the people do not know proper seamanship just like anchoring a vessel my time as a commercial fisherman it it was astonishing to see how many people didn’t know how to properly anchor up the boat
Thank you for watching Robert. It can be quite amazing to see the time, money and effort people put into boat ownership and very little into educating them selves use it.
This kind of content is great!!! Thanks Tim!!!
Thank you for watching Kevin.
I remember studying that anchoring stuff when I was in Sea Scouts back in the '70s. Never got a chance to actually use it though. During my time in scouts we never had a boat that would float and run at the same time.
Thank you for watching George. Hahaha. Great story!
Another great video with a lot of good, basic information for novices and pros alike.
One thing I would add to your anchoring demo is that it's always good to know what's on the bottom before dropping anchor. If a recreational anchorage is indicated on your chart, then you can probably assume the bottom is good for anchoring. But, say, if you're out on a recreational boat and want to anchor in an area that isn't designated as such, it's always good to know what's on the bottom - Is it sandy (good), or is it rocky (maybe not so good). Also, down here in Florida we have a lot of shallow reefs (corals, etc.) and vast areas of turtle grass. It's never good to drop your anchor in these environmentally sensitive areas, plus it could result in some hefty fines. If you're new to an area, I've found it's always a good idea to check with the locals before heading out. Most likely they'll know the good spots for recreational boaters to anchor-up.
Once again, thanks for all of your amazing videos and keep up the good work. Cheers.
Thank you very much for watching. I appreciate your input. CUOTO
MAN!!! that line is a huge workout!!!! LOL dang i need those on my dingy!!
Only because I'm off the boat and a few drinks in; "I bet you use that line on everyone". Lol. (Dad joke or just the Captain Morgan telling me I'm funny). Thank you for watching and please consider Subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday.
Great video, I'm not involved in anything marine but find it all interesting! Love watching your videos!
Welcome to the channel and thank you for watching.
This is awesome stuff love your vids. I work in the Saint Louis harbor and we use totally different terms. We call a cleat a cavil, opposing leads opposite leads and a lock a dog.
Thank you very much for watching Andy. Oh yes! Sometimes I think old sailors just sat around trying to make up new words to sound important. 😂 CUOTO
Hi Captain Tim!
Looks like I have been securing to a cleat the wrong way sometimes and I guess just got lucky that I didn't have a problem (admittedly on a MUCH smaller boat).
Wow, I never thought about the chain leader on the anchor like that but now that you explain why, it makes complete sense.
Once again you prove to be a great explainer.
CUOTO
Thank you for watching and supporting the channels Mellissa. And thank you for the kind words. CUOTO
As we were always taught.. common sense is not always common... Here in Australia, the rule of thumb for chain length on an anchor is a minimum of 10 mtr or the length of your boat in chain at the end of the anchor line where it joins the anchor. I always teach others when anchoring to go approx 50-80 ft past the anchor spot drop the anchor and pay out chain and line slowly and back towards the spot you want to be stationary and then stop and see how the boat settles. People do not take care of other peoples items in airports or postage items or anything anymore.. it is just a new creature of society.. but I'm sure they would bitch like hell if it was their items that got broke... Another great video. Cheers.
Thank you for watching Tim. I have adopted a new rule of thumb for anchoring my sailboat. It's basically twice the depth plus 50 feet if you have an all chain Rhode. I like that very much as it ensures you have a correct cantinary without paying to much out in a crowed anchorage. CUOTO
Nice explanation.. perfect.. when fun sailors have a discussion about this subject you need to rule out the assumptions first.
A loads of “nope” on that talk.. until you have there attention and explain the technique like you showed us here.
This is a great help.
Thank you very much for watching Monk!
Thanks, Skipper. A seamanship series is a good idea.
Thank you for watching. I'll see if I can do some more.
Great video Tim!
Thank you for watching Zach.
Thanks Capt Tim. I am a retired law-enforcement officer who just upgraded to a 100 ton master looking to find some work with my license. I truly appreciate and enjoy all the information you share on your CZcams channel. Take care and be safe Sir.
Thank you for watching Matt and congratulations on both retirement and getting your license. One of my friends out here is a retired law enforcement officer. I would suggest that you don't expect to get in the wheelhouse without a few years on deck first. You will need that time to get your towing endorsement as well.
Zero dislikes...I love it. First time I ever saw that on CZcams.
Seems like everyone likes you, I wonder why? ;>))
And why do I keep saying Yes and nodding my head as you talk?
Lifetime boater here thanks you.
Thank you for watching James. I guess I never knew that I was saying yes all the time. I have been trying to break myself from saying umm to often. Lol
@ Thank you James
Hey Tim, great video!! Although I know nothing about boating, you have now peaked my interest!! What you do is very interesting. I'm a pilot and I'm trying to convince my wife to buy an airplane. When that's accomplished I'll try for a boat LOL!! As far as the airline question, I work for United Airlines and when it comes to your computer or camera equipment on a commuter jet which are the feeder carriers for the major airlines, with limited baggage space. I would recommend you get yourself a book bag with a compartment for a laptop or even a sleeve for your computer and carry it onto the plane with you. On those small planes you are allowed to have a small bag, as long as it can be stowed under the seat in front of you. Unfortunately it's just the nature of the beast when it comes to how your bags are handled. Thanks again for the video, stay safe out there on those waters!!
Thank you very much for watching Kevin! And thank you for the advice. Stay say out there!
Thanks Tim. Good refresher for me on a lot of that info. Never really was good at anchoring. Never did it much.
The lead you use on the cleat is done for two reasons, you did not mention. The lead from the front horn may be such that it either binds onto the turns that secure the line to the cleat, or that lead can also pull the turns off. Also, it does not apply to a cleat, but when using bits, with a whole lot of force, I was told it could bend the bits. Was always sceptical about the last one, you'd really need a bunch of force, but I remember the information.
Stay safe.
Thank you for watching Dan. You are so right. After shooting the video, in editing, I almost through it all out because I didn't say either of the two. Our cleats don't seem to bend because they are cast. I have seem the horn on one side break off and launch like a missile. Thank you for chiming in!
Another great one Tim. Though not a boat owner or operator, I really enjoy trade skills shared by pros. And damn, look at the size of that line... A definite inferiority complex when standing next to you at the pissing trough! Aargh dee aargh....😄 Looking forward to other seamanship skill videos buddy. Have a good one!
Hahahah to funny! Thank you for watching Ken!
Tim, another great video, thank you. As both a 100 ton skipper, and a USCG Aux recreational boating safety officer I applaud your demonstrations on the two best practices known to properly hold a vessel in place. Often time we are in such a hurry to "go" we forget that eventually we're going to have to stop too. Mind if I use this as a teaching aid in my boaters safety class?
Thank you for watching Tom. I would love that. And if I can ever be of assistance to you in one of your classes, I would be happy to do so. I'm not sure where you are located, but if scheduling allows, and it's not to hard to get to you, I'd love to come and help or talk in one of your classes. I only have trouble finding people that want to hear my ramblings. Lol. Feel free to reach out to me at timbatsea@gmail.com
Thanks Tim great refresher after along winter
Thank you for watching Jamie. It's time to get get ready for the new season.
Very helpful. Keep 'em coming.
Thank you for watching Chris!
Excellent, a new viewer, you really have the ability to teach in a fun way, wish I had you in high school history class.
Thank you for watching Richard. Welcome to the channel. I try to post at least every Tuesday.
Good Class. A lot of important information given. Great job!
Thank you again Ted! CUOTO
I was taught to put hitches on after the figure 8s where laid on the kevels I would always tie off the backing lead first then the towing lead last great info and video capt
Thank you for watching Steven. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already.
Great vid. I was a seaman in the CG back in the 80's then switched to the engine room .
Thank you for watching and for your service!
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@@chuckels431 Thank you for your service too!
Glad your computer is still working and hope American makes good on repair/replacement. I went to Duluth MN for a relief job and my bag got shredded, Horizon made me jump through a number of paper work hurtles and never did replace it.
Thank you for watching. Oh man. That sucks.
Oh man, reminds me of BM 3&2 practical factors from my early Boastwains Mate days in the Navy! I am constantly amazed that people will spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on a boat and not take a basic seamanship, boat handling course. Good stuff!
Thank you so much. I completely agree with you!
HI Tim, Thanks again for a great video. I am a retired boater from the Great South Bay(Fire Island ) and because of no room and more boaters we often put out 2 anchors, One on the stern and the other off the bow, keeps you from swinging, but not very safe, lol Again thanks for your videos,
Thank you for watching Brian. There has been a lot of comments about using stern anchors. Thank you for acknowledging with me that they can be very unsafe and a real hazard when misused. Be safe.
Tim, great video. I used to work an load the ships at terminal behind you. Work across the river now with another local tug company. Stay safe out there.
Thank you very much for watching Michael. I really appreciate it. #CUOTO
I don’t work for that company of speak of but I do work for a different company and after 14 years flying I am on my third roller bag and this one looks “salty” I am told. First for you make sure your electronics are in bag that is a “personal item”. Laptop bags and backpacks fit this description and may be carried in the cabin. Secondly those electronic items contain lithium batteries which can’t be placed in the cargo due to the fire risk. If anyone tells you to planeside check the bag remind them it has lithium batteries and you can’t check it. On my end I was in uniform and required to check my roller back (fine with me) I watched the person loaded it throw it off the jetway. I walked over and explained “hey, that’s my home for most of the month - I don’t come to your home and throw your dresser around please be nicer to my bag.” I am sure 8 hours later he threw a bag again, but I felt better.
Cliff notes, carry a laptop bag or backpack for electronics and don’t let anything with lithium batteries go in the cargo compartments.
Thank you for watching Ross. Great advice. I hadn't thought of that being such a good excuse. But the two bag idea makes the best sense to me. Thank you very much for the input!
@@ekaftan thank you for that!
Yes agree this is a bigger problem in tugs as the tug changes the direction of load on the lines
Thank you for watching Brian. Yes they do, but the tide and wind have been known to change too. CUOTO
Super lesson on seamanship. Thanks.
Thank you for watching Brent!
Hello Tim. Your pronunciation is clear for me to follow. Best regards
Thank you very much for watching. Where are you watching from? What country are you in?
Walk the bite. Or walk in the bite. Good call / term. I never heard of “the bite” before. I saw a guy on the TV show Below Deck get taken overboard with a significant rope burn with the potential for much more serious injury including severed limb.
Thank you for watching Perry. CUOTO
Excellent video Tim , very well put👍
Thank you for watching Tim!
Again very informative!!👍👍
Thank you very much for watching.
I am taking a seamanship course and this video was very helpful!
Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. I am very happy you got something out of the video. CUOTO
I realy liked this video Tim! And thanks for your insites! Of coarse i never made any of the common mistakes you talked about! (Im cringing as i type) Hopefully no one has ever had a "marina giggle" on my count! But sure they have!
Thank you for watching the Douglas. Hahaha It happens to all of us.
Hey Tim! Regional airline First Officer here with some luggage size ideas. My flight bag (Contrail FL390P) fits in overhead bins as small as those on the Dash-8 Q400, and my auxiliary duffel bag (StrongBags "Ultimate Flight Crew Luggage Duffle") fits under every seat I've encountered with at least some room to spare for my feet. Hope that helps! Thanks so much for all the work you do on these videos; they're just the type of thing an aviator with a fascination for seafaring loves to watch...this aviator at least haha.
Thank you very much Sam. I really appreciate it!
@@TimBatSea Tim, I make it clear that there are Lithium ion camera batteries, which are not allowed in the cargo space, generally this will help keep the bags in the cabin.
Good morning Captain Tim, thank you for the video. Not being nautical myself I do find your videos very informative!! Sorry about the damage caused to your luggage!! It's just that some people have no care for other people's belongings or equipment!! Stay safe Tim and crew 👍😎🇬🇧.
Thank you very much Wayne! Always look forward to having you check in from across the pond! Stay safe!
Have had a boat on a inland lake in Dallas area for over 15 years and its amazing to see how people "anchor" and then ten other boats will tie to it and then in the afternoon the wind comes up. They don't have any chain rode and its 100% rope. Then let out just enough scope out that it touches bottom 1:1 Then they wonder why it doesn't work. 😁😁 Its amazing if you chat with them on some proper techniquies for anchoring and they actually listen how much better it works the next time! As for your carry on issue, I carry a large amount of photo gear as well with me well in to the 5 digits worth in one roller bag. On commuter planes your more or less at the mercy of doing the gate checks, however you can ask to speak with the captain as well and see if they have any crew space left and you can shove your bag into the closet. I have had to do that once on a MD80 flight when all the space was taken, they wanted to "check" the bag. I asked to speak with them and let them know the value of the gear and they did put it into the crew closet. I also have full commercial insurance on the equipment, so if something does happen at least I am not out much more than the deductible. I would have also spoke with the flight attendant / captain as soon as you saw that happened to bring to their attention as well and then file a claim with the airline as you would also have the crew knowing what happened. Just a thought, although (knock on wood) I haven't had that happen yet.
Thank you for watching. Great advice. Thank you very much.
Speaking of not using a half hitch to lock a line around a cleat, we were repositioning a target barge prior to departing for sea. I specifically told the deckhand not to lock the line. Our company rarely manoeuvred barges. Thus, the caution to the deckhand. This was my first time also. But, I remembered reading about not locking lines subject to heavy loads. The deckhand locked the line. The barge was off the wall and we had to quickly untie off the hip and go to the wire. We were in a small harbor. When a load was put on the line, it locked. The deckhand was struggling to release it. There was wind. We were in clutch. I'm thinking, can we run another line and cut the locked line? He finally released the line. I verbally reamed the deckhand a new hawsepipe.
Thank you for watching. It only needs to get you one time and you will never do it again.
Another great video Tim, thanks. I learned something about cleats today! But... for the sake of accuracy what you call 'bitchin' in your closing airline comment would more than likely be taken as a compliment 'round here. Your parents raised a gentleman, good for you!
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Thank you for making this video!
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Yes, Tim, tying off is part of it, I've found that failure to gage the effect of current and wind on your boat is a much larger cause. (A third cause, equipment failure, is a convenient fall-back.) I'll be yakking about this later , JL
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Tim B ,
Great explanation I grew up doing everything you explained if we didn't our Dad would let us know .
Keep pumping out great vids !
Kyle
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Fantastic informative video. Thank you.
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Funny thing about BASIC Seamanship... it works, no matter the size of your boat (or ship)! A bowline is a bowline is a bowline. The physics of a line, a cleat, and the forces of the tides and winds are the same, only scale changes. Nice couple of tips and techniques.
btw, Imagine us in the audiovisual production industry, and how we feel about giving up our bag of gear?
Thank you very much Greg for watching.
@@TimBatSea I seem to have a few extra moment son my hands.. (Day 48, and counting!!!) I think I am almost finished with the entire internet.
These are great tips Capt Tim ! Your diagrams are fine. I'm sorry about your laptop and equipment. It seems some baggage handlers are not careful unless their boss is filming them during an audit. I guess try a laptop case for next time. Thank you for keeping this part of the world running !!! 🤜🤛👍🍻🇺🇸
Thank you so much for the kind words! I really do appreciate them!
Regarding the start to a cleat hitch, I describe it as creating the letter "V" with the cleat and dock line. If you go on the inside, you aren't creating a V. If you go on the outside, the correct way, you are creating a "V"
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Great knowledge 👏
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You would think that common sense would dictate that for the anchor to grab in the correct direction (relative to the boat), the boat would have to be backing down just a bit. But we all know how common that stuff is, it seems.
I remember my father had a whole process in dropping anchor, and part of it was allowing the engine to idle for a short period while he observed what the anchor was doing and how the boat was laying. If he figured all was well, he'd shut down the engine and spend about a half hour with a beer just watching our alignment with shore points. Stuff I never really thought about until watching your video!
Thank you for watching. Very cool story! An anchor beer is something I look forward to having in my future! Lol
In your discussion on anchoring I was hoping you would throw out the term "catenary" and how that applies to scope and why having a longer chain improves ones ability to get the anchor to set more reliably. I have sometimes resorted to drawings just you like you did to demonstrate what an anchor rode looks like under water. Great presentation, everything you do is on a much bigger scale than I'm familiar with.
He's your average CAPTAIN, not a marine college instructor or any such personnel.
Thank you for watching. Catenary is a term I use mostly when talking about towing and not anchoring. For your anchor rode to have a true catenary, your anchor would need to be out of water. Catenary being the lower half of a sign wave.
I had hoped that I described the advantage of having chain help to pull on the anchor horizontally well enough, but perhaps even with my story of replacing the short chain with a longer one on my own boat, I was still not clear.
Thank you Ken.
amazing job capt.
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@@TimBatSea already subscribed cap.
You nailed the problem the pleasure craft owners have with lines and tackle.
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Hey capt love your vids. Been watching your vids for couple of months👌🏻
And btw not all of your followers are watching just for fun. I'm 2nd mate on bulkers
Wish you all the best
Thank you for watching Sina. Oh no. The real big boys are watching. Lol. Welcome, and please engage in the discussion often. I can't do all the heavy lifting alone. Thank you again and be safe!
And then there's people like me... not a seaman (a dusty office beaurocrat setting floor levels in relation to sea and river floodplains, and dealing with civil engineering requirements for ewer, water and stormwater on building consent applications for my City's Council) and came across this channel from one of my regular tangents here on CZcams (probably was looking at large engine starts or something which I love)...
I found this channel and subscribed to it because I genuinely learn something new all the time... not related to my life or work... but nevertheless I love knowledge and I love large machinery and boats in general. Also Tim, you are a great presenter and speaker... Who knows... maybe I will be in a situation where this knowledge will come in handy one day!
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Thank you for watching Heath. I cannot tell you how happy comments like your make me feel. Thank you so much! Stay safe and healthy!
I am not a boater but these videos are teaching me so much.
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Nice refresher... not that I have a boat, but... who knows? A canal boat might make a great live-aboard.
As to your computer, it's best to get the name of the offending person, if possible. Then report the mishandling to the gate person if arriving, or a flight attendant if departing. They'll set you up with their procedure, usually a claim form.
Of course, photos of before and after and any witness names will help, too.
Chances are, after a month or two, they'll offer you something, but last I checked it was based on the >weight< of the item, at $x/pound. You can sometimes work around that for a low-weight high-value item such as a computer.
The fact that it still works is good for you, but bad for the claim. Cosmetic damage is not worth much.
If you want to put in a claim, don't delay. You can probably do it on line, but there's a time limit.
Bad attitude on the part of that handler. I think I'd have "corrected" him on the spot, perhaps with the help of his supervisor.
Thank you for watching. That seems like years ago when I made that video. Thankfully the laptop is still working and of course I never did file a claim. I am trying to put together a few shekels to buy a new laptop that can handle the demands of video editing better than this one. If and when I get a new one, I believe a pelican case will be in my future as well.
interesting video thank you tim
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Great videoooooo jefee
Gracias marinero!
I will NEVER forget July 4 1986 in New York City harbor....HUNDREDS of anchored pleasure boats, gusting wind and then the tide changed. Chaos.
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Thanks Capt.Tim for another great video .. Couldn't you find a bigger cleat? .. 8D .. Great visual aid .. Key point for me was, and you made a very important distinction, an Anchor is not a Mooring device, anchors are not "fixed" .. and your illustration, DaVince could not have drawn it better .. Thank you, Shipmate, I look forward to your Tuesdays' posts. FWFS/GcL
Thank you very much Glenn!
For a recreational vessel the average anchor scope is 3 to 5 times water depth so if you want to be over a spot then power up past your spot until you are around 4 times water depth and drop while holding position. Lower the anchor slowly to prevent fouling and settle back to the spot. If you want to adjust port to starboard you can tie to a midship cleat opposite the direction you want to go or if somewhat skilled you can add a section of line to make a bridle between the anchor rhode and a midship cleat.
Thank you for watching Bryan. If I may, I'd like to offer a word of caution. Don't be married to 3 or 5 to 1. If it works where you are and you don't go anywhere else, then that is great. But you may have to alter the equation to meet the demands of the area or situation you may go to next. For example, 3 or 5 to one will be fine in an area with lite wind and not much tide. But if you did that in a place that had say 12' of tide, and you water depth was 10', and you out out 5 to 1, you would have 50' out. A solid 5 to 1. But if the tide rose, now having 22' to 50' of rode, you would now have just over a scope of 2 to 1. Just be flexible us what I'm trying to say. Be safe and thank you for participating in the group.
Thank you for watching Steve. Great information and thank you for the AA info! I also would like to give you a collective thank you for educating yourself before going out into the abyss. I wish more had your line of thinking. As with any course or aspect in life, don't be married to one way of thinking especially when it comes to rules of the road. Few classes teach rule #2 and it may be the most important. Thank you again and stay healthy and safe.
@@TimBatSea of course, many variables will go into it from the sizing of anchor and chain to the conditions. I've done a good amount of anchoring to fish wrecks or rock piles and accuracy counts in doing that, if you're off by 30 feet you might miss it so I've had lots of practice. We will even use two anchors with a wide set to allow us to move the boat for perfect positioning and the ability to make small adjustments.
On smaller (sub 35ft) boats, I pay the anchor out by hand until I feel it touch bottom, then give it about 6ft of line. Then I wait for the boat to start falling back with tide or wind, and as it does so, I pay out 3-5 x depth of line (depending on weather etc). I'm just letting the anchor, chain and line all pay out in the direction the load will come on.
Once that's done, secure the line and wait for the anchor to set, which you'll feel as the boat comes into wind or tide.
Easy and works every time.
Thank you for watching. If you find something that works for you, stick with it. Same advise applies to women! Lol
Captain Tim, in all of these videos of yours, I am always impressed with your calm, "easy going" disposition. You must be a great guy to work for and to learn from. Personally, I would NOT have been able let that go with the airline. No excuse for that. Shame that you didn't have your phone out when it happened. Now THAT would get some views. Those type of videos usually end up on the news channels too. Then the airline representatives would be falling all over themselves offering to replace your damaged items, and provide you with some free tickets and upgrades.
Thank you for watching and for your kind words. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't seem like much to be upset at. Especially now when there are so many others with real problems. That being said, I did have a mini internal meltdown looking out the window and watching what just happened and realizing I didn't record it. The video might have been worth the damage. Lol. Stay safe!
@@TimBatSea I'm (still) waiting for the NMC to issue my 100 Ton NC. (Ugh...) I have enjoyed your videos very much over the last 5 months or so, and look to your demeanor and professionalism as an excellent example of how to act while in command of a vessel. Very impressed. Great job.
@@beachcitymobile Thank you very much! I really appreciate it!
Love the common sense edict,
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We were taught to take the first loop around the cleat and then overlap the cleat to stop it binding.
Thank you for watching Paul. Taking a round turn before wrapping up a cleat is not something we do because of the size of our lines and because we want the line to pay out before breaking.
@@TimBatSea hi sir ,can you give more detail explaining this,much appreciated.
@@kenlee-97 sure Ken. We actually want a line to pay out before breaking. A round turn locks the line and helps to keep it from slipping. That is good for small boat, but bad for us. Also, in winter, a line with a round turn will freeze to the deck and you may have to wait for it to thaw out before you can release it.
Good lesson for tying a cleat hitch. You'd be shocked at the really nice yachts I see with dang ugly cleat hitches. There is a way to tie a cleat hitch on a yacht that is non-binding, effective, and pretty at the same time.
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Olah from ND oil patch got tired of trucking videos and found this don't know much about boating but I have a big lake sitting in front of my well maybe one day I can do some walleye fishing
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