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Best advice was to stay calm. This was a great instructional video for any level boater.

As a newer boater, I gotta say that you guys' videos have been invaluable for me. This video also reinforces the best advice anyone has given me about docking: "don't approach the dock any faster than you want to hit the dock!"

Here in Miami we have Black Point Marina.. and most times you need to dock on the hard side just like the video with wind and strong current (people literally sit on the side to watch the docking fails) Most times the biggest mistakes are 1. forgetting to set up the lines for approach, and 2. Thinking whoever you have on board has knowledge on docking so you assume they know what to do. There’s a KZfaq channel called the Chit Show on this marina… Thanks for the video, very instructional!

You make it look easy my friend you are a good captain.

Awesome video. Simple to the point and right on target. Thank you!

Great video tutorial! I see this issue about as much as launching and trailering the vessel 🎣🌴

Good job once I move down there next year and buy a boat iam calling on you Thanks for tip you made it look easy

I often solo my boats to fuel them for family outings later...and interesting I had intuitively done the double rope trick and that's a must. Also..if you have a number two position cleat midships...you can somewhat control the boat with one line tied to the center cleat.

Just picked up my first boat ever... so I'm watching and learning... so I dont look like a fool my first time out 😄

One of the best instructional videos I've seen. Simple and effective. Good job!

You made that look so easy. Nice job.

Good refresher. I watch this from time to time.

Excelente video. Extremely helpful. Thanks for talking the time to make it !!!

Great video. Thank you

as someone new to florida looking to buy a boat, can you guys do more boat vids? that was super helpful

This is helpful. Our slip is even more tricky and advice would be appreciated. We approach with the wind behind us, and have to dock on the hard side. When turning left into the slip, the momentum and wind, takes the back end away from the dock.

Pretty slick thanks for the good advice.

I really like the challenge of docking or putting the boat on the trailer in adverse conditions. BTW- beautiful boat you have!

Great demonstration. Please add docking in consideration for tides

thats a wicked boat ... love the tower

I bought a older boat and I am getting ready to do my first gel coat repair. I figure its a good thing to learn so I can fix the damage I might do learning 😂. Videos help you prepare but until you get out there and practice it takes a while to get comfortable. Believe it or not it's when you get comfortable that accidents happen 😂.

So calm ,cool and collect. Aka. show off

Great Video. I am new to boating and this explained it perfectly. Other advice someone told me was "small correction" with both motor and helm, and nothing wrong with docking slowly, even if things go a little south you do less damage if any at all.

New sled is sweet... I launch from maximo all the time also! 🤙

I never thought about two long lines. Great idea!

Thanks

The docking is great. The tie down - what type of cleat hitch or knot was that? Also, shouldn't your dock line be as long as your boat so you don't have to tie two lines together?

Excellent video. Thank you. I'm getting ready for a trip down to the FL Keys and want to dock smoothly. I was a bit concerned on currents and wind. My wife is a good first mate but I like to handle it so if something goes wonky, it's on me. Don't be that guy yelling at your girl when you screw up guys! The double line off the bow is money!! Again, thank you.

Love the “imagined doc” 5 feet over! Using the boats energy against it!

Got my first pontoon.. learning also

I learned something with the long bow line. Thanks!

Luke, really enjoy your videos at Salt Strong. I am a relatively new boater and have a shallow bay boat similar to your Pathfinder. As you know in Florida the water can start getting choppy quickly as afternoon storms start building and we are heading in. Would really appreciate a video of handling a moderate chop in a bay boat, speed, trim , throttle control upwind/downwind etc.,

Nice job! I tie off the lines back on the boat cleats not the dock. I simply wrap around the dock cleats then double the lines back on the boat and secure.

proper dude expert. back and front... 👍

Great video, you even talked about pushing it off…. Most would not.

nailed it

When the Captain says, "sharp turn to get the motor turning over", he actually means sharp turn of the wheel to starboard (clockwise) which turns the engine's propeller facing towards the dock and then bump it into reverse which brings the stern into the dock thus bringing the bow away from the dock. This stern thrust is key to turning the boat parallel to the side of the dock. I just wanted to clear things up...no disrespect to the Captain.

Would like to see u trailer it in strong winds. Thx

this is a great video

This operations you can only do with calm wind. With 6 Bf you will not have enough power to hold the lines, especially if the boat is a bit bigger! Against the wind - fix the sternline, turn the steering wheel against the peer and use the motor (engage gear only) to hold the boat to the peer! It's much less dangerous than to hold the lines by hand.

How about a mid line and cleat

Maximo. Good vid.

you call that windy, LMAO

Nice video. Very clear. Gonna try the rope next time. Cheers.

Only been boating 4 years and i find myself in these docking conditions more often than not except i usually find that the neighboring slip has a boat and have to back boat in. Oddly i like the challenge but is an adventure.

Can you tell me what the white bar thing is on the stern of the boat I see a lot of them on American boats. Thanks

It's only "super easy" after you "mastered" it...after many failed attempts....like walking. I'm a new boater and what I'm doing is educating myself as much as possible, and videos like this help...but we have to get out there. And if you see a rookie...help them out. Why not?

Great video. Would you go down to the boat ramps in Florida ( I watch Miami Boat Ramps) and show these people how to do it. My only question is, we in Australia generally use one continuous line tied to the bow and then down at the stern, why 2 separate lines, there is always chance these boaters could drop one line, then off goes the stern or bow. Why don't Americans use the one line system.

At 6:07, why do you need to do the sharp turn to get the motor over to port? Were you in neutral?

The trick is to steer and throttle into the dock. The rope technique is great if you can get that far into the process.

Could you do docking under similar conditions but ending with the boat facing the other way?

Can you steer the boat when it is in idle?

All this structure?? How about a half cab?

Not certain, but on the difficult approach side, looks like you must have reversed as the final move to bring the stern around parallel to the dock? I don't think this was really clear in the video.

Great video but why no fenders?

How do you load boat without getting wet ?

Looking at water, the trees on shore & your hair barely fluttering, I would say this occurred in minimal wind. All good instruction, but I would love to see you do this in 20kt wind.

What if you have no dock at the ramp?

This looks like a calm wind in Oklahoma. Regardless, good instructions!

I didn’t see a hard cross wind

Why not use your Talon.

Good video, but on boats there are LINES not ropes. You aren't roping any cattle on a boat.

Slow is your friend at the docks....

Hardly windy

Beard game strong

High wind? Due to lack of chop, it appears tide is pushing his boat, not "high" wind. Also, he's operating a "V" hull which reduces the vessel's leeway. I'd like to see him docking like that with a tri-hull pontoon in wind-driven chop, on a rising/falling coastal tide, with a wind vector diagonal to the dock.

Ropes on a boat???

Start the boat before pushing off the dock

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That's not really going to work with my little jon boat. I would have to secure the bow in the stern cleats pn the dock along with the stern rope too so it wouldn't drift on me. Thanks anyway

Try doing that when there’s another boat in the dock next to you . . .

Very good instruction. How about instead of rope we call it line. And instead of front and back we use bow and stern. Thanks

Wind? Let's see how it's done with a real, not pretend wind.

Crappy seating.

Only comment.. you call it strong wind, but where I live, there's much more wind some days. I would say you should never step off the boat before it is attached. Attach it to the dock from the boat, dont leave before you have at least one line on. Same with leaving.. Just get losse form the dock by using the engine, don't push it away when you're not on it yet

15 to 20mph winds???? White caps star at 13kts You lie.