From what i can see from this footage it looks like an old TP52 ;)

Kind and calm. Big part of that was a crew that knew what to do, he was able to focus on guiding it.

Fewer, not less

yes+1 ...i was wondering why he didn't attempt to slow it down at least... from the first dock-cleat... isn't that his central role here?

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Your dad fucks. That's why your mum wouldn't let him sail alone. You probably have 20 siblings

Yes, there were several near accidents with crew jumping onto the dock over the safety lines. Lucky.

I've burned less than a gallon of gas the whole year when I had my 19ft on a mooring.

They won't be making any wake, besides they aren't going fast. It's a tp52, a fish makes more turbulence and a bigger wake.

After all my years of flying a B-727 I have no doubt I could dead stick it from 30,000.' After all, almost all descents were made at idle power until the FAP.

Yeah there is a saying in aviation: a superior pilots conducts themselves in such a way that they never need to use their superior skills.

i disagree. Any slower and they would have had stalled their foils, lost steerage and drive to windward. The wind was coming in from about 60 degrees

Mooring lines are there to slow momentum, the crew did a good job with the lines just as it should be done. This was just perfekt.

You can actually wash off quite a lot of speed with exaggerated helm recycling (full Port helm, to full Stbd helm, as many times as you need. I was on a YW Diamond Sailing into a dead stop slip, in a cap full of breeze when the headsail halyard jammed! Wind was blowing parallel to the arm of the dock and the slip was a 90 degree turn to Stbd. Helmsman waited until the last possible moment and brutally shoved the tiller hard over to Port (boat was still doing what seemed like 7-8 knots boat speed, but was realistically about 4-5(?)) Luckily the halyard freed with a desperate yank and the Bowman was able to fend the bow off the (Fixed) wharf. We all breathed a huge sigh of relief after that one!

@@77sailordude if you know what you’re doing, you can use a Fwd spring from midships and surge (And then skilfully snub!) the line on a cleat or winch-drum to control the decelaration! Trick is finding someone good enough to throw the line on the dock cleat whilst the boat is moving! - AND To have the boat adequately fendered!) I’ve done this countless times operating small timber, single screw, displacement ferries single handedly.)The traditional bronze cross bollards had beautifully friction polished wear patterns on them from all the constant surging and snubbing!

It came in hot, if u have enuf experience on crappy dinghies w absolutely no pointing capability, w/o the weight of 10 crew, u should be able to kiss the wood w that EQUIPMENT and without the help of lines. But ud have to learn in 3-5 on The Charles in CAMBRIDGE. Then when the skipper has failed on 3 tries to touch the wood on a disabled 3.5 ton 27' Columbia Bluewater, u kiss the wood dead-on on yr first try. That's what u learn from dinghies. Fair winds.