Nobody , hahaha....indeed you have! A video which represents real life. This is a video like the one where a “girl docks the boat like a pro”...with automatic positioning through GPS...and you only have a little “Nintendo like” joystick to manoeuvre the boat into the dock.
@@Hydrogen1972 , Oh, and make it an underpowered sailboat that the motor can't turn, with really long docks and much longer boats on either side. That's what I need to figure out. At least the crew (slightly terrified already) is more like 54 than 4.
I usually perform that maneuver from the heads. It adds an extra level of difficulty to a windless day. I usually also get the Bosun to flip some pancakes in the galley while I control the casting off.
Last year we got stuck coming off of our berth, it was like coming out of a really tight tight car park with little space to manoeuvre. We were in a modern marina with rows of finger pontoons, we were 2 berths away from the dock wall with similar berths/pontoons to the back of us. It all started sensibly, we reversed back but with a slight breeze we kept getting pushed sideways until there was nowhere left to go. Ours is a 27' sports cruiser with Duo props and a thumping great diesel... we found ourselves unable to apply enough power to make a turn, we could only inch forwards and backwards. In the end a fellow boater took our bow line and pulled us straight. In that particular instance, with that boat and in those conditions I doubt anyone could have made that turn. As a relatively experienced boater this situation bothered me so I went straight out and had a Side Power bow thruster fitted. The work was completed in 2 days and now we have the tools to get ourselves out of trouble. As an added bonus, my throat is a lot better as I no longer need to shout at my wife.. :-)
I have a 51 footer with no thrusters. I often find myself struggling to maneuver away from my dock without tapping my stern as the wind is predominantly blowing me into it. I’d love to see some videos of similar close quarter maneuvering without thrusters.
My first venture out in similar conditions was in 18mph cross winds. The moment we were half way clear of the neighbouring boats the wind caught us and full bow thruster just got it straight, by which point we were drifting across the mariner trying to use the props and avoid other peoples bow lines and spin the boat together with the thruster full on. With an audience watching. I did wonder why traffic was quiet that day. Getting back in was equally hairy and once tied up the relief was huge. I think the key is be positive and get the boat moveing. Once your tracking you get some directional control, when your stationary, pulling away or stopping to berth your just fighting the wind. Anyway, great video's as ever, much appreciated.
Infiniteflight_uk06 turn your wheel over when you’re out. Give a splash of power. Pause. Then hit reverse for a burst, then neutral, then another forward burst all while leaving the tiller or wheel over this will pivot the boat. You may need to do it over and over. A spring line helps too. You could tie off the bow and let her rotate to the wind. It it all goes tits up and the bow blows across you can always back out of the channel. If that’s a mess go down below and take two Fugitols and call me in the morning.
@@kylefng , this was me last weekend--maybe the last time my wife will get on the boat with me and let me cast off. Then once I backed all the way to the river and started to get the boat to rotate the right direction a little, the wind from the stern was pushing me back toward a Giant Expensive Motor Yacht at the adjacent fuel dock. I didn't have enough power to counter the wind. (Tried. At 60 percent throttle in reverse, I was just cavitating.) What to do?!
Eric Evarts you can always come in like you’re about to kiss the pier and tie a line to the piling and use that as a pivot point. It took me 25 years to become mediocre at best lol. Fair winds and following seas!
I like this video because it makes you take care and think. Must be nice however, nice roomy slip, someone to handle your lines, and a bow thrust-er. I have none of that and my boat has no space next to the boats on either side. Wanted to take it out by myself yesterday in heavy gusts but did not because of the wind.
I did something very strange that worked perfectly for me in 15 winds with 25 knot gusts. I was reversing stern first from the slip and without a bow thruster and in a 40' sailing yacht, my bow would immediately get blown downwind the wrong direction. I come out proud, full starboard and the wind still would overpower. SO I decided to not fight it anymore and just reversed all the way out of the marina. I think many heads turned but once I cleared the last docks I had room to get turned around with the huge turn radius the wind caused. It worked so well that it is my new "go to" plan and people can laugh if they want. If it works, it works. Any comments?
That's what I did last weekend. Only with low tide I still didn't have a wide enough channel to get turned in (even with a little current that should have been in my favor.) So it still didn't work. If I hadn't been required to move the boat that day, I definitely woudn't have touched it.
Great videos but it would be so much more helpful if you would demonstrate the manoeuvres in actual wind.. There looked to be all of 5kts during your demo.
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The second you mentioned bow thrusters I sighed! Get a grip will you and do this in a normal every day boat! There are far too many instructional clips with fully loaded boats. Thumb down for you mate!
@@ericr5561 he's babbling about a video of someone showing a difficult maneuver who has bow thrusters. Kinda makes everything easy and not helpful to people who don't have million dollar boats.
@@johnnicholson8345 Bow thrusters are quite often fitted to relatively inexpensive boats, they're not hugely expensive. (I'll admit my 18 year old 3rd hand 10.8 metre boat doesn't have one, though)
@@johnnicholson8345 Just about every single large boat comes standard with bow thrusters. I have a 15 year old 40' boat and it has a bow thruster. It's uncommon to NOT have one now.
Couldn't you use the stern springer to as a slip line to control exiting forwards movement and keeping it tight with a port engine, steering to starboard gentry as you exit, then locking it off as you get close to exit? Then drive the boat around towards the wind (with power and steering) before releasing stern springer and driving ahead under both engines. The benefit of the springer is that is holds you close to the dock and stops you from falling to the lee of the breeze at you most vulnerable point as you leave the dock proper. Locking off the springer (at the closest point) means you can use the line to the dock as a hinge to power around with the port engine and steering. simple!
Oh good grief! Lets see it on a day that is actually windy, a single engined IB boat, no crew, no bow thruster & a narrow marina fairway, then we will have something that will take some skill & putting the wind to work in your favour.
it's a stern drive boat, not as agile as shafts to turn without wheel. The boat does have a joystick system but the operator is not using it to make the video applicable to people without the system (the majority with older boats), and non-trivial.
Geez, what did folks ever do without "bow thrusters" in olden times? I know they learned how to use their noggins & skills; wind can either help or harm maneuvering,the latter if unskilled.
Think the videos are great at explaining the theory of how to handle the situations, but would really love to see the manoeuvres performed when, as the title states, your boat is on a berth where there is actually some decent wind. In both clips it is hard to discern a ripple on the water, let alone any real world situation of performing the exercise when there is a good Force 4 - 5 blowing.Come on, show us just how good your boat handling skills and tips actually are.
I could turn my boat on a dime and move it sideways with just the engines. That way both hands on on the throttles. Some day your system will bite your A**
@@RetiredPilot what system? I said get a rudder gauge - it just shows you where the rudders are. I also dock using both engines only - never touch the wheel.
OK, now show me how to do it with real wind including windage on a yacht mast, no crew, no bow thruster, and a 6hp outboard - you might find it a little harder!
I could do this as a child of 8 years old. Sorry to say, but this is complete bullshit under these circumstances. Your theory might be right, but just shoow it on windforce 6!
I was going to make much the same comment...... not every one has 2oo grands worth of sunseeker. When we had boating hols as a kid (wooden boat one engine no bow thruster) we hd fenders to fend of (inevitable) touching and also three kids (and a spaniel) to help fend off. I suppose you cant say these days..... ho hum Not with standing some useful ideas ,I like the three seconds of reverse. Also the idea of driving (?) off positively. A little bit over thought but so nice to hear a tut with out a growly american accent.
I'd call some of it "naiveté" not ignorance. There's a lot of new people around, including me. relax and inform. PS. It's been called "driving" a boat since the ark got built.
