100%! We realize that's rarely the case though. Make sure to subscribe -- we are hoping to have some coming out later this year or early next on docking with wind and current.
The best part of the video was the fact that he had a line ready. Too many times I see a novice captain pull up, and do a nice job, then everyone rushes around looking for a line and bumpers...by that time the captain has to pull out again because no one was ready.
Well tuned engine or engines and proper operating controls makes a big difference . Patience and forethought to the conditions is key , always slow ahead captain !
Thanks for watching, Steven! Congrats on the new boat. What are you getting? If you haven't done so already, we recommend investing in BoatUS and/or Towing memberships. For $24/year, a BoatUS Membership offers 25 valuable benefits including our award-winning BoatUS Magazine; savings from national manufacturers/service providers and local marinas, fuel docks, tackle shops, restaurants, and so on; free MMSI number registration; and much more. A towing membership will help ensure you have a way back to the dock if you engine won't start, battery is dead, you run soft aground, or run out of fuel. Without a towing membership, you're looking at an average of around $750 per incident if you need a tow. For $159/year, it will pay for itself several times over should you need it. More info at www.BoatUS.com/Towing and www.BoatUS.com/Membership. Wishing you fair winds and following seas!
Thanks for watching, Aaron! And good luck with your Boating Safety Certificate test. Are you taking the free state-specific course through the BoatUS Foundation?
Thanks for the great question, Thee. It's a belt pack life jacket. You wear it like a fanny pack (ideally with the square in front of you). If you should go overboard, you pull the tab to inflate, then put it over your head. The positives are that it's lightweight and unobtrusive and better than not wearing any life jacket. The down sides are that if you get knocked unconscious or are unable to inflate manually, it doesn't really do much for you. In addition, you need to check the CO2 cartridge and ensure you have an extra on hand in case you should need to rearm it after deployment. Here's a link to some common options from our friends at West Marine: www.westmarine.com/search/marine-safety?Ntt=belt+pack and some others from Defender: www.defender.com/search.html?q=belt%20pack
Thanks for the love! Check out the other docking vids we have on our channel, including backing into a slip with single and twin engines, and coming alongside a fuel dock. Hope these how-tos help you enjoy your boat more this year! (And don't forget to subscribe for notification when new videos are posted each week.)
Last Sunday at the lake first time with my new to me boat with unfavorable winds had to dock with a few other boats in line for the launch one or two not running under tow it was interesting to say the least but we made it!
Great video. I have been doing as you explained, but the problem I always seem to have is that after I 'time the swing' then do the 'flourish' the bow keeps wanting to swing to starboard. Also, I often don't end up close enough to the dock, so I start back and forthing to get close.
Hi Duke - Each boat is slightly different as far as where it pivots, but I’d say if you are consistently ending up off the dock, you either need to approach at a steeper angle to carry more momentum toward the dock, or swing the wheel a heartbeat later. Keep playing with it, and you’ll find the right recipe for your boat.
Hey Isaac! Thanks for the great question. First, thanks for trusting BoatUS to help you on your learning journey! The most simple answer is that if this weren't just for demonstration purposes -- if Mike were tying up his boat long-term, he likely would have put out fenders. Since he wasn't actually going to lay over there and it wasn't a tricky docking situation, relying on the boat's vinyl rubrail was fine. Obviously you would want to put out fenders if the boat were tied up for more than a few minutes -- such as while getting gas, picking up passengers, or staying overnight. One tip to make you look like a pro out there: If you have fenders out at the dock, make sure to pull them inside the boat after you are clear of any docks, boats, pilings, etc. Driving around with femders flopping along your hull is a giveaway that you might be new to the boating thing! If you haven't done so already, be sure to subscribe to our channel. We put up new videos every couple weeks! Here's to a great boating season ahead!
Ha! Simple, just not easy. Keep practicing and you'll get there. Even the most seasoned boaters have issues with docking (whether they admit it or not)--you're certainly not alone!
My comment is not related to your video, but I take the chance anyway. Can you do a video about pros and cons of having an RIB, let's say an 18'-20'. There are a lot of videos comparing rigid center consoles, but none about RIB: Brig vs Zodiac vs Highfield (to name the afordable ones). It would be nice to know, as well, what is your take on engine size for RIB. While for a rigid boat, which is heavy, you may go for the maximum HP, that means also extra weight on back from the size of the engine, I found an RIB more sensitive to the weight of the engine, i.e. I have an 18" RIB and I went for the maximum HP, which is 90 HP, but I found that it takes longer to put it on plane when I have passengers sitting on the back. When I redistribute the weight on the boat, it handles better. Would've a 75 HP been better?
Thanks, Calin. We appreciate the suggestion. We'll add it to the list for consideration. That said, to answer your question about the motor: Any 18-foot boat, RIB or not, will be sensitive to the weight of passengers sitting in the back. And in most cases, shifting weight forward will help a lot with getting on plane. Without knowing the exact engine model, we can't say what the exact weight difference is between your 90 and a 75, but it's certainly minimal in comparison to a passenger. In fact, if you had a 75, the boat would almost certainly have more trouble, not less, jumping onto plane. Note that if you find this issue particularly troublesome and wouldn't mind losing 1 to 3 mph at top-end, you could put on a four-blade prop, which usually gives a little more grunt when getting over the hump and can improve planing when loaded quite a bit. Hope this helps!
@@boatus Thank you for the detailed reply. To be honest, it was just my thought about the engine size and I needed some expert advice, which you did. As for the four blade propeller, Yamaha recommends only three blade propeller with different shapes of the blade. Since I consider the extra effort to get on plane just a small nuisance, I think I will live it like that. It would have been "nice to have" but it is not a "must". Thank you very much, again for the answer and I would really like to see a comparison between RIBS, or Pros and Cons of owning a RIB.
@@calin7017 You're welcome, Calin. You're smart to go with Yamaha's recommendations first. We always suggest that. And we'll consider the RIB request. I would say they're not really common among our audience, and we don't have a lot of experience with them ourselves, but our TowBoatUS captains surely do. We'll poke around and see what we can find.
We hope to cover this at some point when the conditions are favorable. Unfortunately it's not something we can plan in advance. Thanks for watching, Robert!
Hi Pat. Thanks for watching! Unfortunately, we're at the mercy of whatever conditions we have available on the day we're shooting. But the general concept is the same either way.
Hi Tik. Docking is one of the most stressful boating maneuvers--even for seasoned boaters. The biggest tip I can offer is slow, slow, and slow. Also, if things aren't going the way you expect, don't panic and start making lots of corrections. Simply pull ahead and restart. When you go slow, anything you rub up against will likely not hurt anything. And it allows you to think through the maneuver. But truthfully, the best thing to do is take your boat out in open water and practice without the dock. You'll get to know how your boat handles in different situations (wind, current), and it will allow you to apply that knowledge to lots of different docking situations, such as going to the fuel dock or another marina. BoatUS Foundation offers affordable on-water boat handling courses that cover basic boat handling including docking, pivot turns, and more. While they've been on hold for the most part this year due to COVID, you can see if we have any in your area at www.boatus.org/on-water Good luck, and make sure to subscribe to our channel and search through our playlists for more boat handling vids.
Ok, do it in a marina, parking in a slip being shared with another boat in a cross wind into the parked boat. Oh with a yapping dog who wants to go potty. :P
yeah, i thought this was a poor example too. This would be like showing a person how to parallel park on a clear street with no cars tightly parked on either end of the spot you want. and don't forget the people are on the boat in the neighboring slip, watching you come in...and their boat is brand new and worth 4x yours. hahah
I agree. The single hardest boat to maneuver is a single engine stern drive- where you don't know where your rudder/drive is pointing. This video has two outboards- he could dock merely using the two engines with rudder amidships! Backing stern first into a tight slip with a cross current and no thrusters is 10 times more difficult than this.
Hey man you got to figure out something with your mics, are you recording with 2 mics or something? got to record in stereo or something, all your videos only give volume for one speaker, So with headphones in I get only one ear working correctly
@@crazystax1 Do you mean you're getting your boating safety certificate? I don't know of any states that issue boating licenses. If you are looking for a state-specific, NASBLA-approved course, our BoatUS Foundation offers it free online at www.boatus.org/free. The course is recognized in 34 states. It will take a few hours to complete, but you can break it into smaller sessions as you have time and pick up where you left off. Have a great and safe boating season, and good luck with the docking!
In my opinion, the single most important thing you said was to never go faster than can be managed if you hit something. I would add, "kill the macho gene", and take it that slow, never trying to prove anything. You can make tons of mistakes and get away with it if you go SLOW. But I want to add one more thing, if the winds are strong and/or you are trying to thread the needed between two boats, already docked, here is my tip: approach not side to side with the dock, but come straight in between those two boats, 90 degrees to the dock, and have your companion (if you have one--I always do and never boat alone) be ready with a tie. As you just kiss that dock with the nose of your boat, the crewman steps onto the dock, holding a line that connects to the bow of the boat. As the boat begins to move via wind and/or current in one direction or the other, the dockman can walk opposite the wind current and pull the boat to a position such that the boat will clear the boats forward and aft. I do realize if this is a larger craft, you may not have the strength to pull it along: I am a small boater and am talking about a small boat. But I contend that even if you have a large craft and are using the engines and thrusters, having a man on the dock with the line in his hands can help, for one thing as you "get it right" the crewman can pin it quickly to a cleat and stop in its tracks any further unwanted movement. Think of this as the opposite of spring lining, the method that uses ties as a pivot to put the boats bow or stern away from the dock--this helps guide it in.
Stern line is preferable to bow line, unless you are perhaps using the outboard to hold the back in (the single handed method) against a bow line. But personally, I don't like to point my propellor at the dock unless I have to. With the stern line you can do anything with the boat (because it's at a corner), whereas with the bow line the whole rest of the boat can swing away from you and you've no way of stopping it. Next thing you know the side of your boat is drifting towards things you don't want it to.
I think this is basically really good advice, but why would you come in with the wind if you have a choice? If the wind is actually blowing you on the dock, as it is in the video, the advice stands, but I think you should have included the advice to always try to come in against the wind if it is blowing parallel to the dock so you have more control. Time and time again I see boats coming to our dock with the prevailing wind. If they put the bow into the wind as they make the turn you suggest, they would have more control and less panic.
Ray, I know what your saying, I see that a lot. For someone who knows their boat, I would suggest keeping the wind at your stern, neutral is your friend, then tap the brakes and kick the back end in. Then if by any chance someone has a line ready--LOL-- they'll be ok..
Sorry about that, Juan. That was done quite a few years ago at this point -- before we had stereo tracks. You might try out this one instead. Similar info but done more recently with better equipment: ua-cam.com/video/ajWEwu7d70A/v-deo.html
Step 1 check insurance papers, Step 2 hope their is no crowd gathering to watch the carnage you are about to cause, Step 3 apologise in advance to boat owners already docked on the wharf, Step 4 you awaken and realise it's just a bad dream about your previous pathetic docking attempts. Step 5 no matter what, never remove boat from the garage.
Everyone's got to start somewhere, Peter. We hope our videos help avoid your proposed step #5. That's a waste of a good boat for sure! (Alternatively I guess you could install one of the fancy, expensive self-docking systems ...) Thanks for the laugh!
See quite a few complaints this too easy try this try that. Gotta start somewhere, best way basics. You don't start with the advanced techniques no matter what you're teaching. Get basics and a little confidence first. No matter how good you are there will be both someone better, and situations where your skills will be insufficient. Remember your first comical or tragic attempt and ask yourself if maybe this would have been quite helpful.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, Mark. That's exactly why we do these videos. Once you have the basics, you can fine-tune them depending on the situation. Obviously we cannot teach how to handle every situation, because no two are exactly alike. But we can teach the basic concept as a starting point.
Not the correct way to dock a boat with twins. Find center or straight steering with your engines and do not touch the steering wheel. on your approach find the angle to the dock judging wind/current and use forward and reverse turn the bow by putting the port engine in forward to push the bow to the right then neutral.. see what your boat is doing, I need to bring my stern into the dock then I put my starboard engine in reverse to draw the stern into the dock and it pushes the bow out and repeat this until you reach the dock. To stop the boat you put both engine in forward or reverse and immediately in neutral and repeat depending on which way the momentum of the boat is. Neutral and staying calm is your best friend and a flag on the bow to let you know what the wind is doing. Imagine this, put your arms up to your sides parallel to your shoulders, now your hands are the propellers. When you pretent both hands are going forward what does your body do, moves forward. Now put your right hand in forward, you spin to the left, left hand in forward..spin to the right and same concept with reverse. Same concept with twin engine boats. Mike has amazing videos that I send to my boaters all the time however watching him crank the steering back and forth with a twin engine boat is not correct, only with a single engine boat do you do that. Hope this helps someone Cheers
😂 Thanks for watching, Mike, and giving me a good laugh to start the day. Not sure that's the method we'd recommend, but if it works for you ... Be safe out there, and have a great season on the water.
BoatUS haha thanks be safe out there. Docking sucks on Long Island usually always a good cross wind and a decent to strong current. Wife likes to just sit there like Vanna White during the whole process as I’m sweating it out and spinning like a top
@@MikeSmith-kd2ix The current and wind definitely add a new level of excitement to the process! The best hints I've gotten are 1. go slow, 2. don't panic, 3. go slow, 4. make small corrections and wait, 5. go slow, 6. don't be afraid to reapproach and start over, and 7. go slow. At least then you have the opportunity to think through it and not overreact and make it worse. And if you do kiss a piling, at least it is a little bump or rub and not major damage. Sometimes those pilings can offer the help you need. (Though all that advice is out the window as soon as you have someone watching you! ...) Consider signing "Vanna" up for a BoatUS On-Water Training Course so she can learn basic maneuvering (BoatUS.org/on-water). At the very least, she will be able to offer more effective help during docking, and at best, she can be the one to put the boat in the slip for you! ;-) Win-win either way!
You're correct about not cutting the motor until you've got lines on, Armen, but nowhere in the video did he do so or recommend doing it. Thanks for watching.
It's sad that there's noobs that need this video. Every Yahoo oil field trash guy has a boat now where I live. I wish I could show them this and ettiquet training videos. Bunch of bozos
We know it's frustrating, edgu71eg, but remember that everyone was a beginner at one time. That's why we produce these videos--to help folks learn to be better, safer, more confident boaters from the beginning.
"Never approach a dock any faster than you're willing to hit it". This should be a huge sign on every marina.
Love that idea!
AGREE
It’s always great when the elements are working in your favor!
100%! We realize that's rarely the case though. Make sure to subscribe -- we are hoping to have some coming out later this year or early next on docking with wind and current.
That’s so easy!
Fast forward to me swimming to the dock ladder as the boat does out of control circles with a huge chunk of dock on it.
Ha! Hope that's not the case. Keep it slow, and you'll do fine.
Thanks Mike, you made it look very easy. Well done.
The best part of the video was the fact that he had a line ready. Too many times I see a novice captain pull up, and do a nice job, then everyone rushes around looking for a line and bumpers...by that time the captain has to pull out again because no one was ready.
Smooth, brother!
Well tuned engine or engines and proper operating controls makes a big difference .
Patience and forethought to the conditions is key , always slow ahead captain !
Thanks for watching, hotchihuahua! Slow is pro ... and don't go faster than you'd want to hit something
Yea lol every video I watch says bump it in and out of gear. Mine stalls when shifting sometimes , becomes a nightmare
Yikes! Engine stalling while trying to dock sounds terrifying!
Great tutorial
About to become a new boat owner soon...
Thanks for watching, Steven! Congrats on the new boat. What are you getting?
If you haven't done so already, we recommend investing in BoatUS and/or Towing memberships. For $24/year, a BoatUS Membership offers 25 valuable benefits including our award-winning BoatUS Magazine; savings from national manufacturers/service providers and local marinas, fuel docks, tackle shops, restaurants, and so on; free MMSI number registration; and much more. A towing membership will help ensure you have a way back to the dock if you engine won't start, battery is dead, you run soft aground, or run out of fuel. Without a towing membership, you're looking at an average of around $750 per incident if you need a tow. For $159/year, it will pay for itself several times over should you need it. More info at www.BoatUS.com/Towing and www.BoatUS.com/Membership.
Wishing you fair winds and following seas!
Very simple and helpful.
Thanks for watching, Bill. Glad you found it useful.
Great Video, good job!
Thanks, Zac!
Yes good work
Great tip thanks, I'm studying for my boat license now.
Thanks for watching, Aaron! And good luck with your Boating Safety Certificate test. Are you taking the free state-specific course through the BoatUS Foundation?
Thanks Mike
Thanks for watching!
That was awesome! Thanks for showing this!
What is the red package you wear on your waist ?. Thank you.
Thanks for the great question, Thee. It's a belt pack life jacket. You wear it like a fanny pack (ideally with the square in front of you). If you should go overboard, you pull the tab to inflate, then put it over your head. The positives are that it's lightweight and unobtrusive and better than not wearing any life jacket. The down sides are that if you get knocked unconscious or are unable to inflate manually, it doesn't really do much for you. In addition, you need to check the CO2 cartridge and ensure you have an extra on hand in case you should need to rearm it after deployment. Here's a link to some common options from our friends at West Marine: www.westmarine.com/search/marine-safety?Ntt=belt+pack and some others from Defender: www.defender.com/search.html?q=belt%20pack
Sweet - good job. Great camera angles!
Awesome job!
Thanks for watching!
You are awesome brother! I am new to boating and have a hard time parking my vessel on the dock.
Thanks for the love! Check out the other docking vids we have on our channel, including backing into a slip with single and twin engines, and coming alongside a fuel dock. Hope these how-tos help you enjoy your boat more this year! (And don't forget to subscribe for notification when new videos are posted each week.)
step 1, have a favourable wind.
Ah, we wish it were always that easy!
🤣
Last Sunday at the lake first time with my new to me boat with unfavorable winds had to dock with a few other boats in line for the launch one or two not running under tow it was interesting to say the least but we made it!
Looks like your comment posted before you finished. Were you successful docking, Jason? Enjoy the "new-to-you" boat, and we hope our videos can help!
Great video. I have been doing as you explained, but the problem I always seem to have is that after I 'time the swing' then do the 'flourish' the bow keeps wanting to swing to starboard. Also, I often don't end up close enough to the dock, so I start back and forthing to get close.
Hi Duke - Each boat is slightly different as far as where it pivots, but I’d say if you are consistently ending up off the dock, you either need to approach at a steeper angle to carry more momentum toward the dock, or swing the wheel a heartbeat later. Keep playing with it, and you’ll find the right recipe for your boat.
You people are the best. Proud to be a member of Boat US.
Why dont you use fenders? Sorry for the dumb question just now learning
Hey Isaac! Thanks for the great question. First, thanks for trusting BoatUS to help you on your learning journey! The most simple answer is that if this weren't just for demonstration purposes -- if Mike were tying up his boat long-term, he likely would have put out fenders. Since he wasn't actually going to lay over there and it wasn't a tricky docking situation, relying on the boat's vinyl rubrail was fine. Obviously you would want to put out fenders if the boat were tied up for more than a few minutes -- such as while getting gas, picking up passengers, or staying overnight. One tip to make you look like a pro out there: If you have fenders out at the dock, make sure to pull them inside the boat after you are clear of any docks, boats, pilings, etc. Driving around with femders flopping along your hull is a giveaway that you might be new to the boating thing! If you haven't done so already, be sure to subscribe to our channel. We put up new videos every couple weeks! Here's to a great boating season ahead!
Well done, sir. Docking to starboard has been far more a challenge for me.
This dude is a God.
Thanks for watching, Boris!
Step1 shout "make way rookie coming through"
Step2 figure it out
Step3 pray and hope for the best 🤣
Excellent! Thanks for the giggle this morning, Sam.
That was me
Bilge Rat This is very easy to do when no one is watching. Impossible to look knowledgeable when there’s an audience.
Step 4 "Ouch Sorry Sorry Ouch Sorry"
so smooth. I am learning now about boating. thank you
You're welcome! Glad this video was helpful. Here's some helpful "new to boating" articles you can check out: www.boatus.com/newtoboating/
Wellllllll that looks a lot easier than what I was doing yesterday lmaoi
Ha! Simple, just not easy. Keep practicing and you'll get there. Even the most seasoned boaters have issues with docking (whether they admit it or not)--you're certainly not alone!
My comment is not related to your video, but I take the chance anyway. Can you do a video about pros and cons of having an RIB, let's say an 18'-20'. There are a lot of videos comparing rigid center consoles, but none about RIB: Brig vs Zodiac vs Highfield (to name the afordable ones).
It would be nice to know, as well, what is your take on engine size for RIB. While for a rigid boat, which is heavy, you may go for the maximum HP, that means also extra weight on back from the size of the engine, I found an RIB more sensitive to the weight of the engine, i.e. I have an 18" RIB and I went for the maximum HP, which is 90 HP, but I found that it takes longer to put it on plane when I have passengers sitting on the back. When I redistribute the weight on the boat, it handles better. Would've a 75 HP been better?
Thanks, Calin. We appreciate the suggestion. We'll add it to the list for consideration. That said, to answer your question about the motor: Any 18-foot boat, RIB or not, will be sensitive to the weight of passengers sitting in the back. And in most cases, shifting weight forward will help a lot with getting on plane. Without knowing the exact engine model, we can't say what the exact weight difference is between your 90 and a 75, but it's certainly minimal in comparison to a passenger. In fact, if you had a 75, the boat would almost certainly have more trouble, not less, jumping onto plane. Note that if you find this issue particularly troublesome and wouldn't mind losing 1 to 3 mph at top-end, you could put on a four-blade prop, which usually gives a little more grunt when getting over the hump and can improve planing when loaded quite a bit. Hope this helps!
@@boatus Thank you for the detailed reply. To be honest, it was just my thought about the engine size and I needed some expert advice, which you did. As for the four blade propeller, Yamaha recommends only three blade propeller with different shapes of the blade. Since I consider the extra effort to get on plane just a small nuisance, I think I will live it like that. It would have been "nice to have" but it is not a "must". Thank you very much, again for the answer and I would really like to see a comparison between RIBS, or Pros and Cons of owning a RIB.
@@calin7017 You're welcome, Calin. You're smart to go with Yamaha's recommendations first. We always suggest that. And we'll consider the RIB request. I would say they're not really common among our audience, and we don't have a lot of experience with them ourselves, but our TowBoatUS captains surely do. We'll poke around and see what we can find.
WELL DONE !
Thanks for watching!
great vid mate.good job
The problem I have is finding empty docks with tons of room around them and wind pushing me in the right direction.
Very common issues, Bob.
Good method for twin outboards or IOs, but what about twin inboards?
Do that again with wind pushing you away from the dock
We hope to cover this at some point when the conditions are favorable. Unfortunately it's not something we can plan in advance. Thanks for watching, Robert!
Thank you! I
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Brilliant
Albeit with twin powered stern
Thanks for watching, Andrew. We'll add coming alongside with a single outboard or sterndrive to our list of future videos for consideration.
@@boatus
Nah
You girls are GREAT
JAH BLESS ...
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Try that with strong wind, current, and going in-between two docks with one outboard.😳🤯
Hi Pat. Thanks for watching! Unfortunately, we're at the mercy of whatever conditions we have available on the day we're shooting. But the general concept is the same either way.
Nice!!
Brilliant !!
Perfect
Thanks, Mahu!
the lakes are always packed at the docks here in LA. I always have to reset 3-4 times. The waves/wind doesn't help.
Common problem, for sure! Keep working on it, and you'll be a pro in no time.
Resets are free. Docks and boat repairs are not!
For beginners (me): no matter how hard you stomp, the boat has no breaks.
Ha!!! Truth.
what type of boat is that
Damn, you're good... I'm a beginner and scare to dock...
Hi Tik. Docking is one of the most stressful boating maneuvers--even for seasoned boaters. The biggest tip I can offer is slow, slow, and slow. Also, if things aren't going the way you expect, don't panic and start making lots of corrections. Simply pull ahead and restart. When you go slow, anything you rub up against will likely not hurt anything. And it allows you to think through the maneuver. But truthfully, the best thing to do is take your boat out in open water and practice without the dock. You'll get to know how your boat handles in different situations (wind, current), and it will allow you to apply that knowledge to lots of different docking situations, such as going to the fuel dock or another marina. BoatUS Foundation offers affordable on-water boat handling courses that cover basic boat handling including docking, pivot turns, and more. While they've been on hold for the most part this year due to COVID, you can see if we have any in your area at www.boatus.org/on-water Good luck, and make sure to subscribe to our channel and search through our playlists for more boat handling vids.
Step 1 Put your fender out. Step 2 Get dock lines ready. Now proceed.
Good points, Robert.
Nice job
Smooth...
Thanks for watching!
Well done.
Ok, do it in a marina, parking in a slip being shared with another boat in a cross wind into the parked boat. Oh with a yapping dog who wants to go potty. :P
Step one. Throw the dog overboard
yeah, i thought this was a poor example too. This would be like showing a person how to parallel park on a clear street with no cars tightly parked on either end of the spot you want.
and don't forget the people are on the boat in the neighboring slip, watching you come in...and their boat is brand new and worth 4x yours. hahah
I agree. The single hardest boat to maneuver is a single engine stern drive- where you don't know where your rudder/drive is pointing. This video has two outboards- he could dock merely using the two engines with rudder amidships! Backing stern first into a tight slip with a cross current and no thrusters is 10 times more difficult than this.
Hey man you got to figure out something with your mics, are you recording with 2 mics or something? got to record in stereo or something, all your videos only give volume for one speaker, So with headphones in I get only one ear working correctly
That is not how Captain Ron does it.
love that movie. We named our boat Albondiga.
Lmao!! Love captain Ron.
I did it! Only over gunned it once and lived to tell the tale.
Woot! Woot! (Perhaps we should put a link to the gelcoat repair video at the end? ...) ;-)
Agreed ✅ I Thought So Too
that was pretty good. if you want a good laugh, come down and watch me dock my boat
Thanks for watching! Keep working on it. Docking is probably the hardest part of handling a boat, even for the most seasoned of boaters.
Come on down to a busy launch with a few other novice boaters trying to dock with unfavorable winds
You skipped the pray hard part.
😂😂😂😂😂
you docked that Boat as EASY as me getting Denied for a Car loan..🤣
😂Thanks for watching!
about to get a boat license Hope I can Dock like that. 👍
@@crazystax1 Do you mean you're getting your boating safety certificate? I don't know of any states that issue boating licenses. If you are looking for a state-specific, NASBLA-approved course, our BoatUS Foundation offers it free online at www.boatus.org/free. The course is recognized in 34 states. It will take a few hours to complete, but you can break it into smaller sessions as you have time and pick up where you left off. Have a great and safe boating season, and good luck with the docking!
In my opinion, the single most important thing you said was to never go faster than can be managed if you hit something. I would add, "kill the macho gene", and take it that slow, never trying to prove anything. You can make tons of mistakes and get away with it if you go SLOW. But I want to add one more thing, if the winds are strong and/or you are trying to thread the needed between two boats, already docked, here is my tip: approach not side to side with the dock, but come straight in between those two boats, 90 degrees to the dock, and have your companion (if you have one--I always do and never boat alone) be ready with a tie. As you just kiss that dock with the nose of your boat, the crewman steps onto the dock, holding a line that connects to the bow of the boat. As the boat begins to move via wind and/or current in one direction or the other, the dockman can walk opposite the wind current and pull the boat to a position such that the boat will clear the boats forward and aft. I do realize if this is a larger craft, you may not have the strength to pull it along: I am a small boater and am talking about a small boat. But I contend that even if you have a large craft and are using the engines and thrusters, having a man on the dock with the line in his hands can help, for one thing as you "get it right" the crewman can pin it quickly to a cleat and stop in its tracks any further unwanted movement. Think of this as the opposite of spring lining, the method that uses ties as a pivot to put the boats bow or stern away from the dock--this helps guide it in.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Stern line is preferable to bow line, unless you are perhaps using the outboard to hold the back in (the single handed method) against a bow line. But personally, I don't like to point my propellor at the dock unless I have to. With the stern line you can do anything with the boat (because it's at a corner), whereas with the bow line the whole rest of the boat can swing away from you and you've no way of stopping it. Next thing you know the side of your boat is drifting towards things you don't want it to.
That was pretty sweet...
No fenders!?
Parking a boat is the slow motion version of how paul walker stops after a race.
Docking a boat, not parking a boat. Not trying to be critical I'm just trying to help you with the nomenclature .
@@n40tom appreciate it 👍
Impossible to do when sober. At least six beers for a smooth dock landing. At least for me.
I think this is basically really good advice, but why would you come in with the wind if you have a choice? If the wind is actually blowing you on the dock, as it is in the video, the advice stands, but I think you should have included the advice to always try to come in against the wind if it is blowing parallel to the dock so you have more control. Time and time again I see boats coming to our dock with the prevailing wind. If they put the bow into the wind as they make the turn you suggest, they would have more control and less panic.
Ray, I know what your saying, I see that a lot. For someone who knows their boat, I would suggest keeping the wind at your stern, neutral is your friend, then tap the brakes and kick the back end in. Then if by any chance someone has a line ready--LOL-- they'll be ok..
best video i never heard! audio sucks
Sorry about that, Juan. That was done quite a few years ago at this point -- before we had stereo tracks. You might try out this one instead. Similar info but done more recently with better equipment: ua-cam.com/video/ajWEwu7d70A/v-deo.html
Yes
I didn't see any bumpers on his boat before docking. i don't call them fenders anymore.
Mr.CaliforniaBob good deal,,cars have fenders
Two engines - absolutely no problem...
Con 2 motori son buoni tutti.....fallo con una barca a vela da 10 mt
My results may vary.
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Step 1 check insurance papers,
Step 2 hope their is no crowd gathering to watch the carnage you are about to cause,
Step 3 apologise in advance to boat owners already docked on the wharf,
Step 4 you awaken and realise it's just a bad dream about your previous pathetic docking attempts.
Step 5 no matter what, never remove boat from the garage.
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Everyone's got to start somewhere, Peter. We hope our videos help avoid your proposed step #5. That's a waste of a good boat for sure! (Alternatively I guess you could install one of the fancy, expensive self-docking systems ...) Thanks for the laugh!
My blind grandmother can dock a two engine boat in a tropical storm
Sounds like she needs her own UA-cam channel, Juan! 🍻
Wow no buoys on
RIVARD LAWNCARE 209 & JCR VIDS Why would there be buoys ON a boat??
See quite a few complaints this too easy try this try that. Gotta start somewhere, best way basics. You don't start with the advanced techniques no matter what you're teaching. Get basics and a little confidence first. No matter how good you are there will be both someone better, and situations where your skills will be insufficient. Remember your first comical or tragic attempt and ask yourself if maybe this would have been quite helpful.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, Mark. That's exactly why we do these videos. Once you have the basics, you can fine-tune them depending on the situation. Obviously we cannot teach how to handle every situation, because no two are exactly alike. But we can teach the basic concept as a starting point.
Let's do it with one engine.
ua-cam.com/video/OATyZA9Ooyc/v-deo.html Thanks for watching!
Not the correct way to dock a boat with twins. Find center or straight steering with your engines and do not touch the steering wheel. on your approach find the angle to the dock judging wind/current and use forward and reverse turn the bow by putting the port engine in forward to push the bow to the right then neutral.. see what your boat is doing, I need to bring my stern into the dock then I put my starboard engine in reverse to draw the stern into the dock and it pushes the bow out and repeat this until you reach the dock. To stop the boat you put both engine in forward or reverse and immediately in neutral and repeat depending on which way the momentum of the boat is. Neutral and staying calm is your best friend and a flag on the bow to let you know what the wind is doing.
Imagine this, put your arms up to your sides parallel to your shoulders, now your hands are the propellers. When you pretent both hands are going forward what does your body do, moves forward. Now put your right hand in forward, you spin to the left, left hand in forward..spin to the right and same concept with reverse. Same concept with twin engine boats.
Mike has amazing videos that I send to my boaters all the time however watching him crank the steering back and forth with a twin engine boat is not correct, only with a single engine boat do you do that.
Hope this helps someone
Cheers
God damn right ear bud
Yeah, sorry about that. This was shot about 6 years ago with old audio equipment. We've since upgraded. #allearsmatter
I usually yell I’m insured
😂 Thanks for watching, Mike, and giving me a good laugh to start the day. Not sure that's the method we'd recommend, but if it works for you ... Be safe out there, and have a great season on the water.
BoatUS haha thanks be safe out there. Docking sucks on Long Island usually always a good cross wind and a decent to strong current. Wife likes to just sit there like Vanna White during the whole process as I’m sweating it out and spinning like a top
@@MikeSmith-kd2ix The current and wind definitely add a new level of excitement to the process! The best hints I've gotten are 1. go slow, 2. don't panic, 3. go slow, 4. make small corrections and wait, 5. go slow, 6. don't be afraid to reapproach and start over, and 7. go slow. At least then you have the opportunity to think through it and not overreact and make it worse. And if you do kiss a piling, at least it is a little bump or rub and not major damage. Sometimes those pilings can offer the help you need. (Though all that advice is out the window as soon as you have someone watching you! ...) Consider signing "Vanna" up for a BoatUS On-Water Training Course so she can learn basic maneuvering (BoatUS.org/on-water). At the very least, she will be able to offer more effective help during docking, and at best, she can be the one to put the boat in the slip for you! ;-) Win-win either way!
Major mistake my man...never cut the motor until at least one line is on
You're correct about not cutting the motor until you've got lines on, Armen, but nowhere in the video did he do so or recommend doing it. Thanks for watching.
P.S. 😡 Make Sure That’s Not a Private Dock
It's sad that there's noobs that need this video.
Every Yahoo oil field trash guy has a boat now where I live. I wish I could show them this and ettiquet training videos.
Bunch of bozos
We know it's frustrating, edgu71eg, but remember that everyone was a beginner at one time. That's why we produce these videos--to help folks learn to be better, safer, more confident boaters from the beginning.
BoatUS you're right
Thanks for the reminder
Too complicated. I like my method better.
And that is ... ?
MidUS
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If I want to "come in shallow" you say. "come in deep"
What the hell does that even mean