Hi my name is Andrew, I live in Toronto Canada and own a 1984 Vandestadt and McGruer Sirius 28 Sailboat. This channel is for all those people that think they would like to own a boat but are not sure what is involved.
I can't believe how many things you did wrong in both manoeuvres. Look. Read Duncan Wells stress free sailing - single handed techniques. He specialises in single handed docking and slipping. For your berth, try his bow bridal for slipping. For berthing drive forward on a measured midship line lassoed (looped) around the end finger cleat. Good luck. PS. NEVER use a cleat hitch. Please. Just don't.
Thanks for the comment. I never claimed to be an expert. In fact I would claim to be a very mediocre sailor. I knew this would be my most popular video... People love to see others mess up and then criticize them for doing so. It make them feel so much better about themselves. Take a look at the video of me almost burning down all the boats on the hard for a good laugh. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DTcqq9nsexs.html
Big... it is built into the fiberglass. A real stupid design. The last person to work on the plumbing reversed the tank hoses so you could not empty the tank. I had to open the access panel to figure this out. I ended up sucking out the tank using a shop vac while the boat was on the hard. I still suffer from PTSD after that experience.
I know all about how things can go. And it takes a brave soul to post when they go wrong. And i see others have commented about tying to your neighbor's stanchion. But i cringe any time someone even pushes on mine! Happy sailing!
I feel the same way about my stanchions when some one grabs them from the top. Fortunately it is my race buddy's boat and I know Ross would not be too concerned. I was flustered at the time and I knew I would not be putting much strain on the line.
You should have put it into forward then take in your stern line and it will suck the boat up against the dock. So the stern line goes from the stern cleat then you throw it around the cleat on the dock, the line continues around the port winch. You then put into forward to suck it in. Following seas capt
Most sailboats can still easily turn at <1knt, there is no reason to enter your dock at 2knt unless it's really blowing. Also run a line from bow to stern ( which can be used as a spring line) - holding this one line will give you control over bow and stern while you are on dock.
Preset the bow line in a bowline on the end of a boat hook. You can slip it onto a cleat on the dock easily from a good distance, and it just comes off the hook with a yank.
Tying onto the stanchions of your dockmate’s boat? WTF? If I saw you do that to my boat, I’d give you holy hell. Learn how to control your boat or sell it!
@@TheJoysofBoatOwnership You've been good with the other critical comments, but you got a bit oversensitive on this one. Taking the criticism is part of putting yourself out there. That said, I admire your willingness to post a less than perfect maneuver for the rest of us to see. Don't wreck it by then getting snippy too fast! His criticism was valid, if not the most gentle.
I just went to do the exact same thing slipped the bow first went to undo the spring and the bow came out. Your walk down the boat holding it in technique is what I needed. Possibly lines set to slip too. Good video - single handed leaving the dock is a nightmare
Thank you for the comment it really helps grow my channel with the more comments I get. Sorry you did not like the video. Sometimes even the most experienced sailors mess up and the RU-vid audience loves to see people screw up. Anyway good luck on your anonymous trolling.
@@TheJoysofBoatOwnership It's not about liking the video, it's the maneuver ... And no trolling here, the video speaks ... , eg. one never ties a line on the top end of a stanchion, if at all ... I have 35 years / 35-40 k miles of sailing, much club and national racing as crew and skipper with pounds of medals...
@@mattparr995 At 10.02 he ties, even if temporarily , a dark color line onto the stanchion of the next boat, as far as I can see. This is No No and of course there’s a better way to keep the boat by running against the stern line.
it's not easy! One thing I really don't like is when someone pulls or pushes on my stanchions. Let alone tying a boat to them. They are not made for that. Ask anybody who spent hours pulling them out, cleaning and re-bedding them.
I agree with you about the stanchion thing. Good thing my racing buddy is not too concerned about these kinds of things. In retrospect I should have tied of elsewhere but that was the first thing I saw.
My thoughts exactly when I watched him tie up (hopefully temporarily) to the next boat’s stanchions. Stanchions, themselves , are not at all expensive to replace. The problem is if you push on them hard enough pull on them hard enough or stress them enough it’s possible to break the gelcoat (and personally, I hate spider lines in gelcoat), as well as whatever the stanchions are bolted or screwed into. And that is a much bigger deal.
I respect that you’ve taken the time to make a video, but seriously, can I suggest you get a sailing instructor to spend a day with you on your boat so you can learn some techniques for docking. Best wishes on your learning journey! 👍
Most of my docks are very successful, however we all have a bad day. The RU-vid audience is more interesting in watching people fail then succeed. I am just giving people what they want.
Brother, the first step I do is to prepare the shore lines for removal. That means untangling and ensuring all tie offs are a single cleat hitch.. that way you’re not fighting the boat while removing 5 turns and 3 hitches on a line.
Yep, that's a mess. I have a 38' Ericson. My docking situation is that I share a double wide slip with a power boat that is on my port side (if I'm bow in.) When I want to leave, I start by removing my port lines - a midship spring and a bow line. Now my boat is secured just on the starboard side. I check my starboard lines and remove my two midship lines. I untie the stern line, loop it over the aft horn of the cleat and run it back to the boat, securing it to my boat's stern cleat (so, the stern line can now slip off if I move aft, but will stay secure if I either leave the boat secure as is or if I have the boat in idle forward.) Now, my bow and stern each are secured to the dock with one line each. I put the boat into idle forward, which keeps the bow secure against the dock to starboard. I can now leave the boat and remove the bow line. In this state, the boat is secured by the stern line only and is completely stable. I step back onto the boat, remove the bitter end of the stern line from the stern clear, keeping it secure in hand, take a deep breath, put the boat in reverse, and back out of the slip. I will give the stern line some slack so that friction doesn't cause it to grab the cleat. The line easily slips off the cleat as I ease out of the slip. I pull it in and can now give my full attention to backing out of the slip.
Thanks for the learning opportunity! Honestly I think the negative comments are unwarranted, you docked without damaging yours or another’s boat and without injury, that’s a win! One instruction I received was to ensure your lines are draped “elephant ears” on the lifelines for easy access in a hurry by you or someone on the dock. @@davidmalone9022your procedure is smart. How would you change that process if you were being blown off the dock? Because if I understood, your bow would get blown off and the boat pivot from the stern. What I’ve seen in other videos is a similar process to what you describe but using a spring line that leads back through a block at the pivot point of the boat. In this case when in slight reverse you hug up to the dock and then can release gradually release while in reverse, staying more parallel to the dock.
I had a similar experience with a camp stove while winter skiing to a hut deep in the Canadian Rockies. On lighting my stove inside the hut, it had an unrecognized leak along the threads of the canister adapter. It burst into flames and the underlying wooden tabletop was in flames, too. I grabbed it with my bare hand, walked 5 paces to the door, and threw it down the glacier where the flame extinguished itself without explosion. No burns, nobody died, and in the end it was another close call in the randomness of life.
Unsolicited advice (criticism) : need lots of work on crewing. Moderate breeze at best- no need to be scary. Need to be better at keeping the boat flat- pulling in the mainsheet when you are already heeling too much makes no sense. Traveler should be moved prior to tack. All three crew should be forward and on high side always. 2 speed self tailing winches would help with sheet tension. Late to the start.
Hi Guys Why did you wait for the other boat before you tacked you were on port tack you should have tacked to starboard had the right of way especially since the car was set wrong for the tack you were on
One of the coolest things I noticed in drifting matches is the quiet-ness. I remember one Cape Canaveral Triangle race in 1980 with no wind and everyone was whispering. I pulled out my guitar and sang "Tryin' to Reason with Hurricane Season" and sure enough, when I got to the lyric that said "The wind is blowin' harder now 50 knots or there abouts..." the wind picked up and we started to race. Magical.
Why I'm watching a video from a sailing ignorant? 😂🤦♂️ How dare you? Tie off to the neighbor's sea fence stanchion, is a NO-NO in my country. Good for you that I'm not your neighbor. 😬 Please make asap a skipper training, there are so many essential techniques to learn.
Great video, 3 people enjoying being on the water together, there's nothing wrong with that! edit: answer to your question: Rule 11. you had the right of way.
Looks like your marina requires all masts to be removed. Is that typical in your area? Here (New Jersey) the majority are stored with the mast up and most are on jackstands not cradles. Just curious.
We are actually a Sailboat Club here at Bluffers Park in Toronto. All the clubs in the area remove the masts prior to haul out. We have our own mast crane that the members use to do that. (I have a video on that). All the workers, except the crane operator and his assistant, are club members. All club members are required to participate in haul out. It is a two day job for about 100 boats in our club.
It's not good to let the sling lift via the spreaders. Once it's raised to just under the spreaders tie a rope to the mast down low (typically to the gooseneck) to change where the load is applied. The pivot point will still be the sling, but you won't risk bending your spreaders. All that being said, any mast stepping or un-stepping you can walk away from is a success!
