Master Docking Twin Engine Outboards: Learn From Our Mistakes

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Join us aboard the "Sweetest Thing," our Jeanneau 1095, as we navigate the sometimes treacherous waters of docking a twin-engine outboard boat.
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This video offers a candid look into the imperfections and learning moments that come with boat handling, especially when it comes to docking. From a minor mishap with the gears to the importance of practicing slow and controlled maneuvers, we cover essential tips for becoming more comfortable and proficient docking your boat.
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00:00 Docking Plan and Tips
01:18 Docking Prep and Maneuvering
04:03 Docking Fail and Lesson's Learned
05:05 How To Successfully Dock Twin Engine Outboards

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6 июл 2024

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@echozulucruising 5 месяцев назад

Our key docking rules: Go slow. Bail out and retry. Dock against the current and wind. Don’t video tape when docking. What are your docking keys to success?

@patrickladd8407 Месяц назад

Thank you for sharing this video (and your mistakes). Trying to learn from watching 'This Old House' is frustrating because they do everything right the first time. I personally felt panicked watching you perform this maneuver - but I learned much more from your mistakes than I would have had you done this perfectly the first time (or edited your video to make us think you did it perfectly). Kudos to you for your humility.

@echozulucruising Месяц назад

Thank you, for the positive feedback, the goal is to be approachable and, that means showing mistakes I wish I did not make. The plan was to show how easy it was turn the boat. I was embarrassed to make the mistake, but, it reinforces how everyone can use practice, so that when something goes wrong you can recover (and not over throttle into another boat).

@BruceStott 2 месяца назад

With twin outboards, turn the wheel and use the engine on the outside of the turn. Your last manoeuvre wheel was to starboard and you went forward on the starboard engine. More effective would be to go forward on the port engine to bring the stern to the dock.Rule is use the engine opposite to the wheel.Wheel to starboard, use the port engine either going ahead or astern.Think of pushing an office chair with casters. If you want to turn right, more effective to push on the left back of the chair. Leaving the wheel centered and using only the gears is what you would on on an inboard engined vessel when the props are farther apart.

@echozulucruising 2 месяца назад

Thank you. I spent the vast majority of my time with inboards, so my default remains throttles. Your point of using the engine opposite the wheel is the key takeaway. This was a perfect example of a boater losing focus. Filming and describing lead me to make dumb mistakes.

@BruceStott 2 месяца назад

@@echozulucruising we have all been there.

@user-yy4ki3xz3e 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for these videos - we are about to take delivery of a Merry Fisher 1095 in Australia and are finding your videos helpful and informative

@echozulucruising 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words. The goal is to help people enjoy their boat. And, congratulations and have fun with the 1095, it has such great versatility. Reach out with any questions we can help answer.

@AndrewWoodhouse 5 месяцев назад

This is why I would want the joystick if available - I believe it would make docking easier (from the single engined boat I had years ago docking was the most stressful part of boating)

@echozulucruising 5 месяцев назад

We enjoy our 1095. I only imagine a joy stick making it even easier to dock. The 1095 handles very well and we find it a straight forward boat to dock (most of the time) with bow thrusters and the twin engine. The minor detail of user error is what makes docking hardest.

@johnpenson8801 2 месяца назад

Great video. Lovely boat. Have read the other comments regarding using the helm AND the throttles. I have an 895 and try - on slow speed manoeuvres to just use the throttle. Agreed using the helm too can improve your turns. But with little wind. Like in this video. Do you think you wouldn’t have left the throttles in gear too long if you had not been thinking and using the helm? Just one thing less to be thinking about. Just a thought. Look forward to viewing more of your videos. There is a chap in Australia who has an 895. His channel is called The Rudder. Worth checking out. More berthing videos please.

@echozulucruising 2 месяца назад

Thank you for watching and the comments. I really enjoy The Rudder and what they do. I believe the issue on my docking here was concentrating on trying to talk on video more than using the wheel and helm. I am trying to get a friend to bring their drone over and do one docking only steering. One video only throttle and one using one engine. All I need is more time!

@johnpenson8801 2 месяца назад

@@echozulucruising Great idea. Hope you are able to do that it would be a very useful video.

@rexphinney3599 4 месяца назад

I hate that the shifters are on the right hand side, one thing I was taught was to only use my left hand to shift the port engine and my right hand to shift the starboard. I've found this advice to be extremely useful, but with the shifters smashed up to the right of the steering it is difficult to work them with both hands.

@echozulucruising 4 месяца назад

I was taught the same and had forgotten. It remains my unconscious default on how to operate twin engines. I do that maneuvering in the marina. Open running I use the right hand on both.

@AdventuresofHappyOurs Месяц назад

Not sure how responsive your twin engines are being so close together, but keeping twin engines straight and using shifters alone is easiest on most docking maneuvers.

@echozulucruising Месяц назад

Thank you. My default is using throttles except in heavy current,. Though the props are fairly close together, they are fairly responsive, with a right and left hand prop, though the turning point is pretty far back. This was me unintentionally showing sub optimal docking.

@TheBasketballstar246 5 месяцев назад

I'm surprised to see you use so much wheelwork. I've always been taught to use the two engines to control the rotation and movement of the boat. Is there a reason why you don't only use the twin engines in and out of gear to move the boat?

@echozulucruising 4 месяца назад

A great I. most conditions is just throttles on engines straight. With the outboards, sometimes using the wheel and engines together can make more pronounced maneuvers with little power. In this case, once I over corrected from leaving the engines in gear on the first attempt, I used engines and throttle together just to dock more quickly after making a thoughtless error.

@rexphinney3599 4 месяца назад

Also with outboard the engines are close together and thus the boat will be less responsive using the engines only. I'm not saying using the wheel at slow speed is the right thing todo, just simply pointing out that this boat with the two engines close to the center line it will not rotate the same as a catamaran for example.

@echozulucruising 4 месяца назад

@@rexphinney3599 since it is relatively short, it maneuvers fairly well with just the outboards when there is little wind or current, but when there is more going on, tend to steer and gear rather than use throttle controls. I default to throttles because of the boats I learned on in my youth.

@mfhairstream6812 5 дней назад

I do way better when by myself. lots of people around I get nervous and screw up

@echozulucruising 5 дней назад

Trying to describe what I was doing rather than just doing threw me off for sure.

@melcenet 2 месяца назад

Per carità

@echozulucruising 2 месяца назад

I am not sure the translation, but, thank you for commenting.

@lotuseletre8724 4 месяца назад

"slow is pro"

@echozulucruising 4 месяца назад

Exactly.

@willamadon9908 6 дней назад

Stop touching the wheel. Helm centered. Use the gears. Or if you’re going to use the wheel then shift both together and treat like a single screw. If you’re shifting one engine and turning the wheel you’re defeating the whole point

@echozulucruising 5 дней назад

Thank you. My default is engines straight and just throttles unless wanting larger maneuvers, with less power. I learned on boats with fixed props and rudders. So, turning the wheel and engaging the engine is how I think of getting the most lateral movement with the least forward momentum. For example, to move the aft to starboard, spin wheel hard to port in neutral, engage the starboard engine forward briefly to give more aft walk to starboard.