Great explanation ❤

And now, try this alone.

Thanks, very insightful! Like Tom, I also have a lovely moustache, and was wondering if there could be any discount on berthing at one of your marinas please? Thanks !

„For not everybody it’s easy, so let’s make it easy.“ Thanks! That should be the attitude of every experienced sailor who explains things. You don’t talk down to beginners just because they are beginners.👍

no, those water-based "renovators" are just colorants... you need oil to properly insulate it against further dagradation and eventual damage. teak can take a lot, doesn't mean it SHOULD. just treat it as you would any other wood - with kindness

I haven’t got a boat and easily get sea sick. Yet I absolutely love watching Tom and these videos. Such an absolute pleasure to have people as such in the world and sharing their knowledge. Thank you !

Very helpful! Thx

What type of buoy/beacon would show this FI (4) 15s 28m 12m ?

Good Video explanation but no Rocna type ?

I want this man as my grandad

I agree with never jumping off a boat and never throwing a line. The best method depends on boat: size, keel type, windage, rudder setup, bow thrusters, number of engines, cleat positions, crew size and skills, wind direction and strength, current direction and strength, orientation (stern or bow to), space, access channel, etc. Although the video is good, getting to know your boat and starting with easy landings working to more complex ones is the key. Always stay in control. If there is a plan B, you are chancing it. That said: I prefer if available midship cleat, fender work, springs and intelligent engine usage.

I’m a cruising instructor. I would never ask a crew member to jump off a moving boat. There is a real danger of slipping or tripping and getting a leg between the pontoon and the moving boat.

I didn’t understand a word of that

Beautiful view

I'm all about electric motors for cars, boats, bikes, etc. But I don't like the rhetoric that they are zero pollution or zero emissions. This is simply not true and misleads people into thinking that they are not polluting when they in fact are, albeit a LOT less than combustion engines. Even a purely solar powered system has some amount of pollution associated with it. When these inaccurate statements are made it gives anti-electric proponents ammunition in their arguments against electric technologies. Electric is more than good enough to stand on its own merits.

I wish Tom would narrate my life so at the end of it I could have a laugh listening to the way he puts my actions into his clever words!

That's a nice boat from Hamble Point Yacht Charters. Great video by Tom as well.

This guy talks a lot and teaches a little. If people already understand his technical nautical terminology they don't need him.

Please go through how I must react with northern and southern cardinal marks, I understand that with east and west I have to keep to that side. Thanks

What an event!

You are a lambswool experienced master buddy

Start on a boat that needs it ! That boat is damn near perfect to start with …..

This is great! So helpful for me to plan my rowing instructors course. Thanks.

Well never sailed in my life which is a shame as it's always something I wanted to do but even this which I'll never do I found very satisfying to listen and watch.

Thank you learning a lot, I am 62 saving for my first 30 footer, up to to 40ft. Again thank you so. Best wishes from Australia

Not really a very effective video for novices. Using lots of sailing jargon without giving time for people to understand doesn't help. I was stopping and starting like mad as I tried to remember what a luff is and what sailing like a shoe means. (Good, or bad?) Also it's great to see a man work, but I can't see what's happening with the sail. The rope he's got in the winch is not visible anywhere on the sail. So I can't see the 'effect' of what he's doing. So I'm sorry to disagree with so many people but I have no clue what is happening really except someone is winching a lot.

yes excellent video other reefing guide will get me killed out there

Never eased the topping lift after reefing 🤔?

So easy to follow.

Great videos, so eady to follow.

Tom, would you show us how to determine /indicate the length of anchor chain being lowered ? I painted mark on the chain say, every 5m ....but the colour paint will be lost surely after a period of time.... Any advice ?

Your showing green on rite, I thought its red right return in the UK ?

Can one solo sail this boat? 🤔🤔

Hi Tom I especially enjoyed your video as it speaks well to both neophyte and seasoned boater alike. You do a wonderful job of comparing and contrasting boat types , given the brevity of your presentation .Tom the the Contessa 32 is a sail boat for the ages. Like the Alberg , she lacks an expansive interior but that is the point to be made. The boat is a child of our oceans. And yes the Contessa 32 has circumnavigated. I am an old salt like yourself and have come to realize that like ones mind , so goes the boat. They are inexorably entwined. Tom , your speak of beam and comfort but let us not forget self righting moment. There is today , a sad lack of understanding of hull design , ballast ratio , hull speed ratio , form displacement verses self righting. And most galling of all , a child like dependance on electronic navigation. Paul in Canada

Your sails aren't up! What is this?

Hi Do you do a video where you back into the same place?

No snubber, but since it's just for lunch, no need.

Should have included the state of tide during his briefing , with particular emphasis on rate and direction of the tidal stream . This is especially important when berthing in the River Hamble !

Great job

Brilliant mate just ordered both products.

So grateful for all your wisdom and experience being shared with us Tom. YAH bless you and your family.

How is the Tide - App called you are using?

I nearly always sail alone. Even if I have someone else on board, I keep them out of the docking process. Instead, to give them some feeling of use, I ask them to guard the side that could possibly come in contact with an adjacent boat, by using a ‘roving’ fender. Because my boat has no midships cleat , I run a long line from the bow, outside everything including fenders, to the stern. I leave just enough slack in the line that it is able to hang loosely over the guard rail adjacent to the cockpit, but not so slack that it could foul the propeller if it fell in the water. I also rig a flat fender on the bow. Coming alongside, I drop the long ‘spring’ line over the first bollard on the pontoon, step off the boat and pass the same line to the next bollard which is usually half way down the pontoon. The boat is now secured by the stern and amidships. Even if the bow starts to blow off, there is not enough slack for it to go too far. I then attach the bow line, then stern line, removing the ‘spring’ line from the first pontoon bollard to the centre bollard with a few turns and OXO for it to act as both a fore and aft spring. If the wind is really strong and blowing off, or tending to blow the boat astern , the bow fender comes into play. Using what I call the Braille method, I keep the boat in forward gear at very low speed until the bow contacts the main pier ahead of the pontoon, and by leaving it in forward gear the bow is pinned in position. Adding a few RPM on the engine and putting the helm over to swing the stern in allows me to step off and proceed with attaching the lines in the sequence described above. It may not be the most seamanlike way and could not be applied on high jetties etc, but works well in suitable marinas with minimum risk to other boats.

Useful, but this video desperately needs the addition of some sketches or graphics to show the components and steps referred to. Without it only experienced sailors can follow.

Excellent Tom. Another top and informative video..

the demo was the clearest ive seen

Thank you so much for the tips. Helps a great deal. Please keep pumping out content. I need all the help I can get lol

Why so much paint on the pad for a polish job. I thought that’s only for med and higher compounds ..

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