Great boat. I had a yankee 30 from 88 to 99.. that boat would do 160 mile days in south pacific all the time. My now boat a tayana 37 rarely does 140. But there apples and oranges. I love both boats.

My boat draws only 2'6" with rather stubby bilge keels and quite high freeboard, she would make far too much leeway to try this. It has to be up wind under power every time. I have tried coming off the dock under sail and the instant we cleared the end of the dock, she went sideways big time and with little room astern, we just drifted straight onto the leeward pontoon and needed a push off to straighten her out.

for smaller boats like this may be ok, but I do not see the sense. I have a long keel and can go backwards with my boat.

I always watch things like this because it it always good to have a backup plan should things go wrong or other scenarios. It was/is often better to see things demonstrated in calm conditions first after all only a fool would try in poor conditions such as strong winds/tide. One thing i think was odd and that is the nav lights, are they on? If so why? Personally I wouldn't do this with our boat single handed but would with a well briefed partner. Anyway its just a thought. Thank you for the clear, calm and concise demonstration.

One thing I would do (if not sailing out and back in) is to actually make use of that spare fender lying aimlessly on the dock :) Even though that corner of the dock is protected, it is a pretty sharp angle, I'd be worried to push on it with my hull

Thank you. I'm going to try this.

Cos e sta boiata?

Well done! I was on in a Skippers Course in 1979 on a 100 year old gaff rigged 65 feet Dutch sailing barge without a motor for 2 years. We went everywhere under sail and booming even through the big city of Amsterdam. The old (former seacaptain) Frans Eissenloeffel tought us to drop first all sail when coming alongside. Then he stopped the ship off with a line. We had an anchor ready aft to stop but never had to use it. When we came in we would drop the sails half or a third depending on the wind and one of us would pull the leach untill it caught enough wind. However when it was upwind you would use full sail untill you had enough way to catch the shore. But before we reached the quay the sails would be down. We had downhauls on the sails which were the end side off the falls. The sails were made of heavy cotton. He had more ships and told those without an engine made the least damage!

@MrRobertkhall Yankee 30?

wonderful thank you

There are not many videos of Yankee 30's up on youtube

nicely done!!! Can't wait to give it a try!

So badass!!

That is sooo cool!! Would you do this upwind in maybe a close haul or beam reach?

Sailing back into the dock is a bit trickier.

I would like to see him do that with my boat 41 foot 14 tons

I liked the way you worked (pumped) the tiller to have the boat go straight into the dock. I have a Chrysler 22' and have only played with it for one summer. So far I have managed to not hit any other boats,...lol You are a good teacher! Thanks for the lesson.

I agree that ‘power’ (i.e. engine) is not always the solution but under these conditions (no wind nor current) one could actually do it swimming.

What state are you in?

Are you in gig harbor

Works only with a small boat.

Master your Equipment

Maybe the camera pointing the other way would have been more interesting. Not that you’re not a handsome dude or anything… 😊

This works great if you your finger pier reaches all the way to your stern. If it doesn't -- like mine doesn't -- forget about it.

No wind no current

Fabulous.

Impressive . New sub

I want to try that!

Thank you for this. Any skill I learn is applicable. Good to know!💖

The Oar Club!

Shilshole? My club docks its keelboats almost exclusively under sail (usually upwind, but downwind and crosswind too). This is a great video. Not a lot of content out there showing this.

How to loose a boat in 30 seconds

I was looking at my 27ft sailboat and thought this was possible. Then I see this video proving me right. Thanks for the upload.

Wow… who’d a thunk it!! Yup

Make some more videos please.

Beautiful

Very impressive.

Fenders pleaseeeee !!! she s pivoting on the docking pontoon edge

In those conditions it works well, but I am not sure my boat would drift for that long unless there is a current pushing me.

not in its slip,,,,maybe at its slip

And this boats *_displacement_* is? Only in my dreams. Cape Town South Africa.

Awesome! I am refitting a Pacific Dolphin 28 (Yankee 28). I am looking forward to getting her in the water and sailing off the dock

neat, this is not the first time you did that

Ace.

Looks like a good day to get some practice handeling it with the engine.

For those who've disliked this or say, "Well I just use my engine..." - This is an invaluable skill that should be taught in EVERY basic sailing course. My boat steers poorly (at best) in reverse, and can't use prop walk due to the proximity of the opposite slips. It's very tight. Manhandling it around pilings with the engine off is the ONLY way to get it into its slip stern first. Thanks for posting this.

ma un parabordo no.........

Dobra robota :)

I had no idea you drift for that long and just use the cleats to stop.

My slip mate is going to love watching me spin our 40' around next to his boat this weekend. lol. This is a great video though for someone like me who is most comfortable going bow in to our slip, but prefer it being stern to as to avoid terrible transom slap while sleeping.