I find its hard to loop the cleat and come back to the boat and feel it is secure for the long term in many situations because the line will go from tight to loose as conditions change so there is a chance the line just pulls over the horn of the cleat. I do often redo them this way hours before my departure if I am on the boat. It is great to loop a piling and come back to the boat too, especially when you have a big tide.

@@williamthomas9049 Gotta be a bit of a cowboy to do this, but take a full or another turn around the cleat, that way it will not work off. We practice this in my CG Aux Flotilla for BoatCrew from the boat without setting foot on the dock. Don't overtighten the lines when doing this because of tide changes and unloading will cause tightening also. V/R Glenn

Glen, totally agree with you. As a rule, no one (including me) leaves the boat or boards the boat without at least TWO lines on the boat, secured, and I usually have 4 total on any boat over 40 feet or so. I dock single handed most of the time. The two main springs are from the boat around the cleat, perhaps twice if conditions dictate, and then back to the boat to be secure. That way I'll never have a situation where the boat "could" get away from me when I'm on the dock. And, Capt Bill, you mentioned the above when you docked the boat at the end, good advice. But also good advise for departure. Overall, excellent video and lots to learn. I don't have the luxury of a yacht controller but do have remote thrusters which can help, also don't have the Glendinning throttle control which is very easy for maneuvering, especially in high winds. Keep up the good work.

Thanks 👍

Here, where I live there are not many mooring balls but I will certainly post a video if I come across one.

If the questionable motor will run for a short time save it for docking. You can run at low speeds on 1 engine with little problems. After you get used to the boat turning hard to the nonrunning side you can handle it. If it was for a longer distance you would want to secure the shaft on the nonrunning motor. When you get to your dock fire up the second engine. Even it it's just for a couple of minutes it will be a huge help for backing into a slip. Pulling along side a dock on 1 engine is easy if you plan it and go slow. No, even slower then you were thinking.

Will do

That boat has a cockpit station and no wing stations. We used to do wing stations all the time, but the wireless controllers really replaced them for me.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the tips!

More on the way, marine air conditioning is next

Agree...keep em coming! Loved it!

I actually had my wife on board with the camera. She is better than most mates handling the boat. I have to say most boats leave the marina with one person that can actually run the boat no matter how many are on board. All of us running boats need to spend more time bringing family and friends up to speed operating the boat in case of an emergency. Every adult on board should be able to call the coast guard on 16, turn off the engines, and find your current position on the chart plotter or some other device.

You and me both!

That is a 2021 model. She left Florida in the early spring and went to Annapolis for the summer and is back now for annual maintenance.

That one is shift only, so you are in gear at idle. Some others allow you to add some throttle. Bigger boats with big props just shift is fine. That is a 26 knot top end boat so idle is plenty around the dock. If it has small motors and was a 10 knot boat you would want some throttle.

It really does help. When you can do it yourself you can't be accused of yelling at her! Apparently I raise my voice when she is doing it wrong. I have couple's in their 70's doing the loop every year. Biggest complaint from the ladies is lack of upper body strength with the large lines. Use smaller than normal lines to get secure and swap them our later. The breaking strength of a 1/2" modern line is fine in a calm marina to get secure. A wet 3/4" yacht braid line is too much for the smaller crew.

Its a marlow yachts Probably the 80e but they do a lot of sizes that are all similar

@@chrisfs150 thanks I’ll look into them

This is a 62E The actual LOA is 72'2"

no its me, allergies sorry. We try to edit them out

The owner and his wife did the trip in 10 days. She will cruise at 20 knots when desired so you can do a 150+ miles in daylight hours and just run a few hours fast.

I moved it for free to help the customer and the yard, part of being a broker

My personal boat is single engine with a thruster and unfortunately I can't count on it either. You defiantly learn to think ahead and how to keep out of tight spaces.

please rephrase the question, I don't understand.

I am interested in the average water depths in boat harbors worldwide. Since I am configuring a different boat structure. The design takes some getting used to for many people at first. As not all aquatic enthusiasts will go on this design trip. The background ideas are based on the S.W.A.T.H. ship technology. However, both buoyancy bodies can be leveled by flooding and blowing out. And so such a boat or smaller ship is always safer in storms and hurricanes. Since it is lowered to the bottom where it is suitable. And thus stands firmly on the ground. And you just have to wait until the waves have normalized again. I know this design pill is very difficult for many yacht owners to swallow at first. However, this design variant has many significant advantages and just needs getting used to. Not more actually. And so the watercraft can be parked anywhere and brought back to the desired altitude by blowing on it. Only through compressed air chamber sections. So even a position trimming is elegantly possible. The draft of the floats is not higher than 1.5 - 2.0 meters. So you can also park on sandy banks without messing with the dark green league. Of course only where the underwater camera and logical common sense have previously decided to sink to the bottom. All previous Swath Sips are not floodable and therefore not height-adjustable. The upper decks look exactly the same as on conventional catamarans. And in the extra-long stilts, rotary machines with levered cantilever technology work for endless ranges. This is how a steel construction paternoster works, which generates enormous moments of force for locomotion. If you have any questions, just ask me. I have absolutely no problem with that.

we dock at the end of the video

Explain please

Are you speak Engrish?