It's remembering it when you need it that counts. Sailors need to learn and store quite a lot of stuff in their noggins. I rember 90 ish spring 180 ish spring And steer towards dock.

Oscar muchas gracias de Leith Nautical Sailing Academy

SV Genie, many thanks for your kind comments. We hope you are enjoying our videos. Many thanks for watching.

Stephen, many thanks for your kind comments. Very much appreciated. Thank you.

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Preacher Rock, that you for your comment. Your approach is an excellent way to get out of the inner harbour. In this clip we wanted to show there is another way in which it could be done. I hope you like our video clip on bringing out the Stern using a bow spring. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpupgrFluqi9dZ8.html

it steers very well. that's a stupid idea. springing out like u said is the right way

Hi arch, thanks for your comments. Yes the guy on the winch was shortening the slip line to help reduce the turning circle. As soon as the stern of the boat moved off the pontoon, then he was able to begin shortening the line.

Smashing thanks for the very quick reply. Very useful.

Don't look up that term. I invented it when I saw this. Sprong for the top score in darts (180). Coffee grinding to shorten the line that's just long enough to keep the quarters clear so that the bows are clear too. Grinder spronging.

Lee, many thanks for your comment and I hope you enjoyed the video. This technique comes from "Spronging Off". A wonderfully idea that we have been using which I believe was developed by RYA Instructor Colm Cleary. May I suggest you take a look at the Yachting Monthly article which presents a step by step guide to Colm's effective method. The next step is to give it a go. It's an exceptionally useful bit of boat handling to have up your sleeve. www.yachtingmonthly.com/sailing-skills/how-to-get-out-of-a-tight-berth-by-spronging-31197

Leith Nautical Sailing Academy Thanks I'll give it a look. Thanks also for the test yourself videos, been using them to rush up on lights, day signs and sounds... Brilliant teaching method.

Josepth, once again thank you for you comment. It's great to hear other peoples views, and with such a range of techniques and instructions available to us, I'm sure you will find one or two other things we do differently. Enjoy the videos.

J garhart many thanks for watching the video and thanks for your comments. This is one of many ways in which a boat can be turned in a confined space, including warping the boat round. I have used that method on my ownboat on many occasions. The skipper coud also opt to use a bow spring to get the stern clear of the pontoon and reverse out. So given their are other methods for a skipper to use, then why consider adding spronging to your repertoire? 1. We find this works well when the wind is blowing us on to the pontoon, making it very hard to turn the boat 180 degrees with ropes alone. 2. This method can be done by a single handed skipper, or the skipper can choose to involve their crew. 3. The skpper and crew are all aboard during the manoeuevre, removing the risk of someone being left behind on the pontoon 4 It works really well, doesn't take long to practise, and is fun to try.

turn to port uses prop wash to kick the stern away from the platform.

@@lars-sp uhmm... but that would only work so long as the stern is close to the platform

tubetotto this maneuver is meant to swing the boat against the wind, helm to starboard won’t work.

@@lars-sp Wind has zero relevance in these conditions. Also helm works only when a vessel is in motion which barely applies here. My intuition suggests me that turning the helm left has something to do with causing the water current to hit the rudder blade and making it work like a manouvering thruster. The problem I have with it, is that a keel- boat will rotate around the keel so applying this improvised 'thruster' on the starboard would make more sense

tubetotto sorry. I don’t use intuition. But you can certainly try it and turn starboard if you like to.

John, many thanks. There are several ways we can get the boat out of the Marina in this situation. In this exercise our Day Skipper students have demonstrated how "spronging" could be used. We could have reversed out of the marina ,using the Bow Spring to get us off the pontoon and on our way. You suggestion could also be a great way to turn the boat, especially if the wind isn't blowing us onto the pontoon. Many thanks for your comment.

There are many methods and it’s good to have a range of techniques for a range of situations. Part of my day Skipper course (not this school), my instructor encouraged us to problem solve using the physics of the boat, tide and wind. By practising a range of manoeuvres and techniques ones confidence increases and the Skipper has better knowledge of how the boat performs (capabilities and limitations) giving more options in any given situation! In my experience, there’s never just one way of doing it.

Ευχαριστώ. Αυτό θα μπορούσε να γίνει με ένα άτομο!

πώς; Είναι απαραίτητο να αντικαταστήσετε το φτερό και σφίξτε το σχοινί.

Joseph, thank you for your comment. you might also like video on springing out a yacht using a stern spring line : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMp0oK1pr5jMnnU.html

Yes! Another useful method to add to the toolbox of skills! I think in this demonstration, they’re using the term ‘slip line’ since the line is led back to a winch to enable it to be shortened during the ‘springing’ manoeuvre...