Great demonstration. I’m always worried to touch anything (foreign objects). I have to remember that well placed fenders do work at slow enough speeds, ha! Great job!!
Being worried about making contact with foreign objects is smart! This worry is what makes us slow down and use our fenders wisely. Here in Croatia, docking stern-to means you cannot avoid making contact with the boats either side of you. And so it pays to know how to do it without inflicting damage!
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skilful job , Nick . When picking up lazies in marinas often the shore crew will shout " engines off " mainly to stop the line going round one of the props . The way you do it with engines on shows how manouverable cats are though , I,ll give it a try next marina ( could be some time as a lot of marinas are now x 2 for a cat !)
Yes it is well set up. I am disappointed that they reneged on their stance to not have big messy flotillas sailing from there, now it is effectively a zoo like Kaštela and others that have sail week, yacht week etc. I look forward to them finishing the outer break wall extension.
"I don't advise on doing what I'm doing ... hold my beer ... !" Nice and clean maneuver! I only spent 3 days training on a cat and am a n00b in general, but the rear visibility on these massive modern cats was always a mystery to me.
Perfectly done, as always... But what I appreciate most, is a lot of camera positions (incl. drone). You truly deserves THANKS... However, can I ask you about the crossing spring lines at the very end of the video? Was it done due to expectations of wind through the night? Or is it common way how to tie cat?
Thanks 🙏🏼 glad the camera angles are appreciated! The crossing is common for cats. Especially larger ones. Means less sway and less pushing on the neighbouring yachts when the gusts come. For me this is normal practice at a stern to dock on a cat.
Great work and always good to practice on your own so you are ready for anything. I had a situation once where the second captain on my boat turned the wheel hard port without me knowing - wife was screaming as we kept going towards another boat - my famous response was "dont worry! we are out of control!" i just needed a second to go through everything to figure out why the boat was handling strange :)
@@45DegreesSailing one thing ive learned and always scanning is the autopilot rudder angle - especially on a cat when it should be locked in the middle - good to practice so you can scan quickly. Cats are also soooo much easier to maneuver! Stern into the wind is my trick whenever its windy for all types of boats - much more control.
Thanks for a great video. Incredible how you do it with all the cameras. The different angles help so much to understand what's going on. I will go to Croatia end of September for the first time. We will also use a cat.
Thanks for this, Nick. Would it have been an option to stop the boat with the Centre/Point of rotation in line with the middle of your parking spot and then rotate then reverse straight in? Or is it better to reverse in as you did? Thanks.
Hello Great Captain! I'm Tommaso from Milan Italy, congratulations indeed! And then I need your help! How does idea work? So I moored astern of Catamaran so I'm all alone as skipper in front of there is a pontoon without bollard!! can't leave a top! it's a mess by myself that my family are not experts. Then my family helped his hands to take the stanchion to another boat to stop and I jumped onto the pontoon and put a ring with the nautical rope up on the stern of the catamaran. What do we do without a cleat?! your idea how does it work? Unfortunately it depends without cleat or there is cleat. Thanks for your help! Tommy and good wind!
When you have the ring there are two options, even with inexperienced crew you can train them for this one job to step off and thread the line, pass it back. If I am on my own in this case I do one of the following: If I have a vessel to lay against on the leeward side I can manoeuvre close to her and fenders in place to protect as I fall against the vessel to stall, step off with the leeward line, (neutral engines of course) and thread it and return it to the cleat. If not vessel or not suitable to do this. Put large fenders well positioned on the stern of each hull. Very carefully manoeuvre your sterns very close to pier, slowly press your stern fenders against the dock/pier and hold postion with astern power against the dock. Then step off, thread, return. THIS IS RISKY of course, only certain situations allow for this and it needs to practiced and controlled very well. I hope this helps!
Great job! And thanks for your videos, massively helpful. One noob question: any reason why you started your docking with your starboard line which was downwind? My instructor told me to go for the upwind line first. Have I missed something?
Thanks Lucas. Sorry for the slow reply! Yes the main reason here is the proximity of that line to the helm and the ability to get in control (on your control line) faster and more efficiently. The time to get from starboard at the helm, to port stern to secure then back to the control to adjust is a lot on this cat. So either way is not wrong/right. I would consider everything to be situational.
I dont understand why he kept drifting to the right as he's reversing into the slip. Pretty sure the marina is funneling wind in a pattern that kept pushing the catamaran towards the shore/other sailboat docked. Thats why its not worth taking risks just because. If this was the results we're looking for. I could park these all day. Also, get someone to film the drone for you. Pretty sure you could have knocked it out of the park if you weren't also controlling a flying machine at the same time lol
This in Marina Baotić, near Trogir Croatia. Wind was 10 knots ish. Lovely day. I do not get to pick the conditions unfortunately! No current in Croatia almost anywhere, tide is negligible. Want some wind.. try this one: ua-cam.com/video/A9SzxFnHoiM/v-deo.html
Great demonstration. I’m always worried to touch anything (foreign objects). I have to remember that well placed fenders do work at slow enough speeds, ha!
Great job!!
Being worried about making contact with foreign objects is smart! This worry is what makes us slow down and use our fenders wisely. Here in Croatia, docking stern-to means you cannot avoid making contact with the boats either side of you. And so it pays to know how to do it without inflicting damage!
Thanks for outstanding videos and choosen way of living, which makes me always jealous :-)
Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for making this Nick. Feeling much more confident after watching this for docking our Sunsail 454 in Croatia later this year. 👌
Excellent Andrew! Stoked it was helpful. Hope to see you on the water later in the season. Make sure to come say hi if you see us around 🙃
I must say as a Leopard owner they are excellent to drive around in tight spaces and dock. I learned to dock pretty well in a day.
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Thanks!
Cheers Denis!
skilful job , Nick . When picking up lazies in marinas often the shore crew will shout " engines off " mainly to stop the line going round one of the props . The way you do it with engines on shows how manouverable cats are though , I,ll give it a try next marina ( could be some time as a lot of marinas are now x 2 for a cat !)
Awesome thanks Nick - this is super helpful. And the itinerary planning you and the crew @45Degrees did for us is awesome 👍👍👍⛵️🤞⚓️
Glad to hear!
Boatic marina is super nice. Was just there last week. They have a serious operation there. Helpful staff
Yes it is well set up. I am disappointed that they reneged on their stance to not have big messy flotillas sailing from there, now it is effectively a zoo like Kaštela and others that have sail week, yacht week etc. I look forward to them finishing the outer break wall extension.
Nice one Nick, great filming as always.
Thanks Andy. Appreciate the comment
Great video, this kind of content we need. Docking video where you can see how to use steering and throttles.
And drone view.
Good to hear. Glad it was helpful
"I don't advise on doing what I'm doing ... hold my beer ... !"
Nice and clean maneuver! I only spent 3 days training on a cat and am a n00b in general, but the rear visibility on these massive modern cats was always a mystery to me.
Thanks mate. Haha. Hold my beer indeed 🫠
Yeh the visibility is such a crazy issue.
really skillful job but I want to ask that why didn't you the give upwind rope first?
Perfectly done, as always... But what I appreciate most, is a lot of camera positions (incl. drone). You truly deserves THANKS... However, can I ask you about the crossing spring lines at the very end of the video? Was it done due to expectations of wind through the night? Or is it common way how to tie cat?
Thanks 🙏🏼 glad the camera angles are appreciated! The crossing is common for cats. Especially larger ones. Means less sway and less pushing on the neighbouring yachts when the gusts come. For me this is normal practice at a stern to dock on a cat.
Great work and always good to practice on your own so you are ready for anything. I had a situation once where the second captain on my boat turned the wheel hard port without me knowing - wife was screaming as we kept going towards another boat - my famous response was "dont worry! we are out of control!" i just needed a second to go through everything to figure out why the boat was handling strange :)
🤣🤣 oh dear!
@@45DegreesSailing one thing ive learned and always scanning is the autopilot rudder angle - especially on a cat when it should be locked in the middle - good to practice so you can scan quickly. Cats are also soooo much easier to maneuver! Stern into the wind is my trick whenever its windy for all types of boats - much more control.
@@philburtscher4375 yes for sure. Stern to the wind is the best point. If only all of our berths were facing such a direction!
That was really impressive!!
Thank you! It is certainly a challenge!
Thanks for a great video. Incredible how you do it with all the cameras. The different angles help so much to understand what's going on. I will go to Croatia end of September for the first time. We will also use a cat.
Hahaha yep it is a juggling act, that's for sure!
Where will you be chartering out of?
@@45DegreesSailing Pomer - we‘ll sail in the North
Thanks for this, Nick. Would it have been an option to stop the boat with the Centre/Point of rotation in line with the middle of your parking spot and then rotate then reverse straight in? Or is it better to reverse in as you did?
Thanks.
45ft boat, 2ft boat hook lol. Well done! Takes a lot of situational awareness to effectively operate single handed in such tight quarters
Thanks Graham. Yes understanding the space around you is so important. Trusting the turn.
nice video, thanks for sharing
np. Thanks for watching 🙂
F..k I love watching your videos! You make it look so easy! Great stuff!
Lol. Most welcome! Cheers!
Well bloody done!
This shows it's possible - but will age you by ten years in stress haha
Hahaha yeah its not for the faint of heart, that's for sure!
Hello Great Captain! I'm Tommaso from Milan Italy, congratulations indeed! And then I need your help! How does idea work? So I moored astern of Catamaran so I'm all alone as skipper in front of there is a pontoon without bollard!! can't leave a top! it's a mess by myself that my family are not experts. Then my family helped his hands to take the stanchion to another boat to stop and I jumped onto the pontoon and put a ring with the nautical rope up on the stern of the catamaran. What do we do without a cleat?!
your idea how does it work?
Unfortunately it depends without cleat or there is cleat.
Thanks for your help!
Tommy and good wind!
When you have the ring there are two options, even with inexperienced crew you can train them for this one job to step off and thread the line, pass it back. If I am on my own in this case I do one of the following:
If I have a vessel to lay against on the leeward side I can manoeuvre close to her and fenders in place to protect as I fall against the vessel to stall, step off with the leeward line, (neutral engines of course) and thread it and return it to the cleat.
If not vessel or not suitable to do this. Put large fenders well positioned on the stern of each hull. Very carefully manoeuvre your sterns very close to pier, slowly press your stern fenders against the dock/pier and hold postion with astern power against the dock. Then step off, thread, return. THIS IS RISKY of course, only certain situations allow for this and it needs to practiced and controlled very well.
I hope this helps!
@@45DegreesSailing OK all clear! Thanks, it's very kind of you!! And I try! Good wind!👏👏👏👏👏
Great job! And thanks for your videos, massively helpful. One noob question: any reason why you started your docking with your starboard line which was downwind? My instructor told me to go for the upwind line first. Have I missed something?
Thanks Lucas. Sorry for the slow reply! Yes the main reason here is the proximity of that line to the helm and the ability to get in control (on your control line) faster and more efficiently. The time to get from starboard at the helm, to port stern to secure then back to the control to adjust is a lot on this cat. So either way is not wrong/right. I would consider everything to be situational.
@@45DegreesSailing Thank you!
@@lucaserpietri1521 most welcome!
great job !
Thanks!
I dont understand why he kept drifting to the right as he's reversing into the slip. Pretty sure the marina is funneling wind in a pattern that kept pushing the catamaran towards the shore/other sailboat docked. Thats why its not worth taking risks just because. If this was the results we're looking for. I could park these all day. Also, get someone to film the drone for you. Pretty sure you could have knocked it out of the park if you weren't also controlling a flying machine at the same time lol
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Before docking single-handed, have your doctor check your physical fitness. LOL
Yup, it can certainly be hot work in that heat!
@@45DegreesSailing
You moved pretty quick. I hate to imagine if the boat had a forward helm or a flybridge. LOL
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Where the heck do you get such ridiculously benign docking conditions? No wind, no current? Boring!
This in Marina Baotić, near Trogir Croatia. Wind was 10 knots ish. Lovely day. I do not get to pick the conditions unfortunately! No current in Croatia almost anywhere, tide is negligible.
Want some wind.. try this one: ua-cam.com/video/A9SzxFnHoiM/v-deo.html
HOLD MY BEER 🙂
😂😂😂