Docking Techniques Demonstration
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Demonstration of heading in and out of a slip and backing in and out of a slip using a 32 foot cruising sailboat. You'll be able to hear the step by step instructions given by the Captain, see the actions taken by the Helmswoman and movements of the boat in response to these actions
I took this docking course with Capt Don last spring. It was a revelation. Don is an amazing teacher. He is patient and intuitive. I left the course confident that I could dock my boat and have demonstrated it time and again. Brushing up on my skills and reviewing my course material for this boating season. Thanks MD School-Your the best!!
+Cindy H "You're" lol
This waterman springs docking technique is a great procedure, especially for full keeler. Thanks for the video.
So true
whats great about this series is that I can catch up on all the webinars I always seem to miss. This is great stuff, guys. Very generous. Maybe join Coursera!
Docking a sailing vessel over 30 feet can be a formidable task, even with no wind. But this video demonstrates some very nice techniques. Great video.
Nice to have someone sitting right next to you and telling you what to do every second.
Without explaining what's actually happening though, between the rudder and the prop, you're not really teaching anything, but a specific procedure that works for that particular slip.
In reality it takes many lessons, under all kinds of conditions, before the student is ready to safely dock and undock and then it's always a nail-biter.
If you can afford a new IslandPacket, you can certainly afford the optional bow thruster, and I can't think of another option I'd rather have.
Great Job of demonstrating folks. Way to go Rita... Waterman's arrival is terrific if and when I get the courage to try single-handling..
My compliments to the new captain. Did a really nice job!! This is an excellent video, makes everything clear and to the point. Anyone could get something from watching this.
She did an awesome job! Great instruction too!
Also, Rita was receiving detailed instruction on each and every move. That's not to take anything away from her excellent handling of the boat. Good job. It's curious that this boat's engine controls (throttle and transmission) are set so low. Ours are at waist level (standing) on the binnacle, beneath the compass and forward of the helm. Excellent video. I like the low-key instruction. It suits the situation -- a subtle and patient approach.
Great stuff! Using the port propwalk in combination with the rubber hard to starboard. That seemingly intense reverse throttle is necessary to propwalk the stern to port. I single-hand a lot and I find myself springing in to the slip a lot. I like having that control. My boat has substantial rubrails, so that helps. Rita was a great "student."
Superb instruction, calmly delivered. Thanks!
Well Done...and no problem with the camera angles. In steering in reverse with a Wheel Helm, I always teach novices to place their hand on the bottom of helm opposite mid ship top notch and look astern. Then move your hand in the direction that you want the boat to go. It eliminates the confusion as now you're steering the stern and not the bow.
Agree the angle is tough but once you get your mind around it this is a very helpful video. Thanks for posting!!!
Thank you for adding the second slip arrival. I am missing my port bow pylon...or it's barely there. That second arrival maneuver will be of great help! Great video! Thank you!
Man, that guy seemed like a super chill instructor. Would love to have some sessions with that guy.
I have been instructed by him and it takes a lot to rattle him and even then you can see he's not really rattled at all. He's a really great guy all around.
@@j.brianbobiak12 Great to hear he was a good teacher for your class. You want to do things correctly, but there's no benefit in panicking since it would probably make things worse. Keeping calm is itself a good lesson. Agree he was a very good teacher in the video.
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As a sailor and a sail and power boat owner for 40+ years I can say that docking is the most difficult part of sailing (boating) especially on windy days or windy days with a fast moving current at the dock. Never do it at a speed faster than you would feel comfortable hitting the dock at. Yet speed is required so water is moving past the rudder to give you steerage. Have dock lines and dock pole ready as you approach the dock. Always be prepared for a possible stall out of the engine when shifting from fwd to rev.
Having personally been instructed by Don B, (the instructor in this video), I agree with some of you're statements in your comment. I agree that not having a lot of momentum is very important. If you watch the video again you'll see that the dock line are on the piers, not on the boat. so, no dock line prep is necessary in this scenario. A hook would be a handy item to have IF the lines are not easy to grab. The dock lines do not play a role in maeuvering the boat into the slip unless you're using one as a springline. The rudder plays little role in the "stern first" procedure after swinging the stern toward the slip. After that maneuver, the rudder never leaves the "hard over" to startboard position. Steering of the stern is done using the forward and reverse of the throttle (facing forward, steer the stern left with subtle forward throttle and stern right with light reverse throttle.)
Great training ... not a raised voice. Now that's the way to teach.
Experience has taught me that it is much easier to back out of the slip than back into the slip. But, if I were to back into that slip, as close as it is to the fairway, I think I would turn the boat around in the fairway where I had plenty of room and back in pointing the same way I came out instead of all that forward and reverse.
This is the kind of instruction I need.
Steering in reverse while docking is of little help due to slow speed through the water. It's more important to have the rudder hard over in the direction that the stern is angled toward to be prepared to kick the stern away from obstructions (pilings, finger pier, boat next door) on that side. My rule of thumb is to check the position of the bow frequently while backing in, and when it crosses slip centerline, then shift the rudder to be prepared to kick the stern away from the new obstructions
I think I need this lesson !! My last episode was a cluster-F and had to kedge myself out of the mud. However I had newbies on board with a barge-pole so I suspect I was being pushed off very hard when we got close to something as the boat really didn't respond like I'm normally used to. We don't have pylons to use for our slips so we don't have the luxury of tight maneuvers to our slips. It's a case of line up and do it really slow. I still need instruction and practice to get this down !! Great video.
A good class can be very helpful, but it also takes a lot of practice to get a feel for it. Be sure to take the ASA, etc., classes if you haven't already. Learn good technique and practice it. A lot.
Very good demo. I have a 38ft Hans Christian with a full keel which makes docking very difficult.Much less maneuverable than the Island Packet there.
Hats off to you. I would not be able to talk someone through that. She must have some experience. You didn’t explain prop thrust to her and yet she seems to understand it. Perhaps because she doesn’t understand a thing! She just sees the behavior and accepts it without wondering why it doesn’t work in the opposite direction. That boat is not a good turner and you and she made it look like it is. Bravo. I’ve seen husbands scream at their wives. Literally scream. With enough emotion that if a cop were around he’d have intervened.
The spring line is a new concept for me. It works great. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this. I've been adjusting to the docking challenges of our new to us Island Packet 31 where we sail on Lake Michigan and sometimes she seems to have a mind of her own! The port prop walk effect seems to be less than I was expecting but I think its probably something I just have to become more familiar with.
The boat featured in the thumbnail is the very same boat I took my ASA 101 and 103 courses! So glad I did! Good stuff! Who else has taken ASA courses from them?
About to take ASA 101 and 103 classes. Any tips?
Scholarship has a RH turning prop. You are seeing her stern swing left in forward gear because her rudder is turned to the right thus using prop wash over the rudder to control the stern. Her prop walk in reverse is to the left. Thanks for your comments...
There is another video on our channel entitled "Docking Techniques Seminar" that describes these maneuvers in detail, and may help you follow what's happening in this demonstration video... Thanks for your comment.
Good Job. Very Informative.
I enjoyed this video very much. In my opinion you could make it a little better by putting in an overhead drawing to show the maneuver during the video. I could not picture in my mind the dock location and how the approach was made.
Thanks, keep up the great videos.
The video is meant to go with a class which has many good diagrams showing exactly what's going on very clearly. The class is ASA 118. In fact the author has another video which is basically the slide show from the class. It's at: ua-cam.com/video/PoGMAEjiHmU/v-deo.html
Good instructor, very impressive. I'd love to be taught by this instructor.
Well done - nice calm style !
The name of the ship is pure gold!!
Very instructive. Love it. Thanks.
Fantastic. Having an Island Packet 380 any help is appreciated in learning how to manoevre her successfully especially as in the Med we always have to go astern to the quay. Have recommended your School to my fellow long keelers. Thanks again. Cheers Peter B.
My marina is huge with strong currents and winds. Single handed is tough !!!!!
Nice vid.
Another great video
Unreal ;-)
Electric motor! Good showing prop walk and spring lines. But no fenders?
Thanks for sharing this vid
😊 Single hand docking... Awesome... 👍
Well... Tom was fending off the pilings and handling the bow and spring lines... (so two-hand docking?), but the instruction was excellent and I agree it is an awesome lesson
Thank you for the video but I have one question Are you using the piling to pivot on is the rail of the boat rubbing on the piing? Thank you
Paul Thomas I “rub against it”, use a spring in windy conditions.
very useful, thanks!
Great video but how would you handle some wind on the starboard? the bow will turn into the boat on the port side or the pillar..
Take a look at our video titled "Docking Techniques Seminar" on this UA-cam channel, which goes into detail on how to deal with various wind conditions... MDS
Don is awesome
Well done Rita! Hi Tom. Sv Honey Ryder
Excellent video! You all really know your stuff about this. I will have to keep the forward and reverse technique in mind. I always just reverse in, never thought about using forward to help swing the stern. Scholarship is running a left handed prop? Reason I ask is when shifting forward, she swings her stern to left and in reverse will swing right. When I put mine, a Hunter 33 into reverse, she tends to swing left almost always. Nevertheless, I learned somethings watching this video. Thanks!
Huh. That wasn't how our first docking instruction went. It was more like, "Reverse, steady, neutral, forward...wait...I said forward. Forward! NOW back! What are you doing! Look out, you dumbass! CRUNCH."
Sweet!
Great...thanks!!!
Nice !
Nicely done….. parallel park a car 100 fold!
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Very nice.......
Will this technique work, with adjustments, if location of slip requires turn to port to back in slip?
Allen Barnes yes, the spring is the trick. I use it just when the wind or current demands it. I am never this picky!
look mom, no bow thruster!
Nice
Straight gnar!
I think that is also a full keel...in Germany we say long keel :)
good!!!
Why is Rita sitting down at the helm? Wouldn't the better position to be in is standing up, with as full and commanding a view of things forward? The only time I relaxed at the helm was when free of any close-by boating or other obstructions / traffic.
I looks like she wouldn't be able to reach the throttle standing up. Maybe an optical illusion.
Cool !
Why the ruder always starboard? At least center during the backwards movement
Well,you are right, that's seems surprising, indeed. ... But once, when sailing the Shannon river (Ireland) on one of those rental power craft, I was shown such a maneuver. you have to "park" the boat in narrow places, after entering a very narrow channel. In those very narrow harbors, where you would believe there is no place to make any turn, when your docking place is to your left, you use the rudder to turn the bow to the right (inn the reeds!) in order to align the stern with the place you want to enter. Then, without touching the rudder, which remains fully to one side, you go backwards (quite strongly). In fact what you see is that when backing, the effect of the rudder is not immediate. Fist the boat goes straight backwards, then it tends to turn gently. Thats is the moment when you see the instructor asking for a short move forward, just to align the boat. Then without touching the rudder backwards again. It works, You can trust those guys. I would not like to have such a place to back in by any weather.....
Just to complement what I said (after having read Jane's answer below where she says "Yet speed is required so water is moving past the rudder to give you steerage". In that maneuver the captain is NOT really looking for steerage, He doesn't need the rudder action when going backward. The rudder not very efficient when you go backward, you need space, it is much more efficient when he goes forward.
Hey Alexandros, have a look at that video ua-cam.com/video/PoGMAEjiHmU/v-deo.html at 7 minutes it gives a perfect answer to your question (much better than I did, but english is not my mother langage)
why 2 different video,s in one? the voice makes it look like its one video,but it clearly shows that its not
Sorry, but the camera angle is horrible. I can't tell from the vantage point of the camera angle what they're to do and how each of the control inputs is helping them achieve it.
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Good technique. I realize Rita is the student but please, ease up on the throttle!
She also happens to be the General Manager of the school. ;)
Fenders???
Claus Salt ya gotta wonder
General observation:
One can’t but think the transmission is stressed with so many shifts
True. Fewer better. But if you do it gently it’s not trrribkr.
No fenders?
Nothing for them to bump against. The fenders would just catch on the poles. The rub rails on the boat will bump up against the wood of the poles to protect the hull. If you wanted more you could put bumper/rub strips on the poles themselves. The only thing you might contact with the hull itself would be that little finger pier there.
Sono 60 anni che vado in barca...
mi viene da ridere....
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What is the boat brand in this video? Thank you.
i think he said and Island Packet 32
@@andrewlivingston5105 That is correct. It is an IP32
Audio is so low
How to park a motorboat?