How To Dock In 4 Simple Steps | BoatUS

Learn to bring your outboard- or sterndrive-powered boat along side a dock or bulkhead in four simple steps with BoatUS Magazine. For more information, visit http://www.BoatUS.com/Magazine. BoatUS is the nation’s largest association of recreational boaters with over half a million Members. We provide a diverse offering of services including marine insurance, on-the-water towing provided by TowBoatUS, the nation’s largest fleet, plus boat financing, graphics and lettering, representation for boaters on Capitol Hill, the award-winning BoatUS Magazine and much more. For over 50 years, BoatUS has made boating safer, more affordable and more accessible. Join BoatUS Today! https://www.boatus.com/BoatUSMembershipExpress/page0.aspx?programtype=MWSBUSJOIN&programtypecode=mwsjoin&promocode=HEWEBYT Connect with us: Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/BoatUS Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoatUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boatus/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/+boatus/posts Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/boatus/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/boatus

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Learn to bring your outboard- or sterndrive-powered boat along side a dock or bulkhead in four simple steps with BoatUS Magazine. For more information, visit http://www.BoatUS.com/Magazine. BoatUS is the nation’s largest association of recreational boaters with over half a million Members. We provide a diverse offering of services including marine insurance, on-the-water towing provided by TowBoatUS, the nation’s largest fleet, plus boat financing, graphics and lettering, representation for boaters on Capitol Hill, the award-winning BoatUS Magazine and much more. For over 50 years, BoatUS has made boating safer, more affordable and more accessible. Join BoatUS Today! https://www.boatus.com/BoatUSMembershipExpress/page0.aspx?programtype=MWSBUSJOIN&programtypecode=mwsjoin&promocode=HEWEBYT Connect with us: Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/BoatUS Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoatUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boatus/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/+boatus/posts Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/boatus/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/boatus

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Hermit Oldguy
Hermit Oldguy - 5 years ago
step 1, have a favourable wind.
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
Ah, we wish it were always that easy!
plackCrack
plackCrack - 5 years ago
Nice!!
Dubious Jesse
Dubious Jesse - 5 years ago
the lakes are always packed at the docks here in LA. I always have to reset 3-4 times. The waves/wind doesn't help.
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
Common problem, for sure! Keep working on it, and you'll be a pro in no time.
Rhabdo B
Rhabdo B - 5 years ago
I did it! Only over gunned it once and lived to tell the tale.
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
Woot! Woot! (Perhaps we should put a link to the gelcoat repair video at the end? ...) ;-)
Rhabdo B
Rhabdo B - 5 years ago
That’s so easy!
Fast forward to me swimming to the dock ladder as the boat does out of control circles with a huge chunk of dock on it.
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
Ha! Hope that's not the case. Keep it slow, and you'll do fine.
Chuck Warren
Chuck Warren - 5 years ago
Good method for twin outboards or IOs, but what about twin inboards?
Zac Carrigan
Zac Carrigan - 5 years ago
Great Video, good job!
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
Thanks, Zac!
Simon Says
Simon Says - 5 years ago
edgu71eg
edgu71eg - 5 years ago
It's sad that there's noobs that need this video.

Every Yahoo oil field trash guy has a boat now where I live. I wish I could show them this and ettiquet training videos.

Bunch of bozos
edgu71eg
edgu71eg - 5 years ago
BoatUS you're right

Thanks for the reminder
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
We know it's frustrating, edgu71eg, but remember that everyone was a beginner at one time. That's why we produce these videos--to help folks learn to be better, safer, more confident boaters from the beginning.

10. comment for How To Dock In 4 Simple Steps | BoatUS

cfriskme
cfriskme - 5 years ago
You are awesome brother! I am new to boating and have a hard time parking my vessel on the dock.
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
Thanks for the love! Check out the other docking vids we have on our channel, including backing into a slip with single and twin engines, and coming alongside a fuel dock. Hope these how-tos help you enjoy your boat more this year! (And don't forget to subscribe for notification when new videos are posted each week.)
Mahu Kahu
Mahu Kahu - 5 years ago
Perfect
BoatUS
BoatUS - 5 years ago
Thanks, Mahu!
Pete Williams
Pete Williams - 6 years ago
Good video, thanks for the info.
skyking 22
skyking 22 - 6 years ago
Yes
PRACERZ
PRACERZ - 6 years ago
WELL DONE !
BoatUS
BoatUS - 6 years ago
Thanks for watching!
GrumpyOldMan
GrumpyOldMan - 6 years ago
Shouldn't Step 1 be "see where wind and current come from, and how strong they are"? this guys talks like he's parking a friggin' car.
Mr.CaliforniaGuy
Mr.CaliforniaGuy - 6 years ago
I didn't see any bumpers on his boat before docking. i don't call them fenders anymore.
Pete Williams
Pete Williams - 6 years ago
Fenders 'fend off' so still a relevant name for the device that fends off from a dock
Tammy Hacker
Tammy Hacker - 6 years ago
Mr.CaliforniaBob good deal,,cars have fenders
G Cap.
G Cap. - 6 years ago
good stuff
ebglock
ebglock - 6 years ago
Approach dock at max speed you are willing to hit is a very good rule.
RoadKillzine
RoadKillzine - 6 years ago
I hired a boat this size in Italy on lake como, having never even driven one before, the rental guy just said off you go have a good time. When it came to parking it back in his spot on the jetty there was a moderate wind pushing along the jetty and i just couldn't jugde it, had to throw rope real early and get pulled in, the rental guy didn't look impressed when i chucked the rope at him. I assure you it isnt as easy as this guy makes it look!
donzi32 Boats
donzi32 Boats - 5 years ago
It seems that's the case in a lot of the predicaments we end up in. Glad you made it in safe though...

20. comment for How To Dock In 4 Simple Steps | BoatUS

Matt Faddy
Matt Faddy - 6 years ago
Brilliant !!
Duke Of Hesse
Duke Of Hesse - 6 years ago
Great video. I have been doing as you explained, but the problem I always seem to have is that after I 'time the swing' then do the 'flourish' the bow keeps wanting to swing to starboard. Also, I often don't end up close enough to the dock, so I start back and forthing to get close.
donzi32 Boats
donzi32 Boats - 5 years ago
You people are the best. Proud to be a member of Boat US.
BoatUS
BoatUS - 6 years ago
Hi Duke - Each boat is slightly different as far as where it pivots, but I’d say if you are consistently ending up off the dock, you either need to approach at a steeper angle to carry more momentum toward the dock, or swing the wheel a heartbeat later. Keep playing with it, and you’ll find the right recipe for your boat.
Samuel Romans
Samuel Romans - 6 years ago
Hey man you got to figure out something with your mics, are you recording with 2 mics or something? got to record in stereo or something, all your videos only give volume for one speaker, So with headphones in I get only one ear working correctly
Mike
Mike - 6 years ago
That was pretty sweet...
Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor - 6 years ago
great vid mate.good job
Jmichael Isbell
Jmichael Isbell - 7 years ago
In my opinion, the single most important thing you said was to never go faster than can be managed if you hit something. I would add, "kill the macho gene", and take it that slow, never trying to prove anything. You can make tons of mistakes and get away with it if you go SLOW. But I want to add one more thing, if the winds are strong and/or you are trying to thread the needed between two boats, already docked, here is my tip: approach not side to side with the dock, but come straight in between those two boats, 90 degrees to the dock, and have your companion (if you have one--I always do and never boat alone) be ready with a tie. As you just kiss that dock with the nose of your boat, the crewman steps onto the dock, holding a line that connects to the bow of the boat. As the boat begins to move via wind and/or current in one direction or the other, the dockman can walk opposite the wind current and pull the boat to a position such that the boat will clear the boats forward and aft. I do realize if this is a larger craft, you may not have the strength to pull it along: I am a small boater and am talking about a small boat. But I contend that even if you have a large craft and are using the engines and thrusters, having a man on the dock with the line in his hands can help, for one thing as you "get it right" the crewman can pin it quickly to a cleat and stop in its tracks any further unwanted movement. Think of this as the opposite of spring lining, the method that uses ties as a pivot to put the boats bow or stern away from the dock--this helps guide it in.
Aaron Wilde
Aaron Wilde - 6 years ago
Stern line is preferable to bow line, unless you are perhaps using the outboard to hold the back in (the single handed method) against a bow line. But personally, I don't like to point my propellor at the dock unless I have to. With the stern line you can do anything with the boat (because it's at a corner), whereas with the bow line the whole rest of the boat can swing away from you and you've no way of stopping it. Next thing you know the side of your boat is drifting towards things you don't want it to.
BoatUS
BoatUS - 7 years ago
Thanks for the suggestion!
sweet one loves
sweet one loves - 7 years ago
so  smooth.  I am learning now about boating. thank you
BoatUS
BoatUS - 7 years ago
You're welcome! Glad this video was helpful. Here's some helpful "new to boating" articles you can check out: http://www.boatus.com/newtoboating/
Spank MaMonkey
Spank MaMonkey - 7 years ago
This what the macho idiots in Florida need to watch.
Icutmetal
Icutmetal - 5 years ago
Spank MaMonkey It isn’t just Florida.
The E.C.O. Channel
The E.C.O. Channel - 7 years ago
That was awesome! Thanks for showing this!
Luca Mariani
Luca Mariani - 7 years ago
Con 2 motori son buoni tutti.....fallo con una barca a vela da 10 mt

30. comment for How To Dock In 4 Simple Steps | BoatUS

notatechie
notatechie - 8 years ago
That is not how Captain Ron does it.
redmrl
redmrl - 5 years ago
love that movie. We named our boat Albondiga.
RIVARD LAWN & LANDSCAPE SERVICE
RIVARD LAWN & LANDSCAPE SERVICE - 8 years ago
Wow no buoys on
Icutmetal
Icutmetal - 5 years ago
RIVARD LAWNCARE 209 & JCR VIDS Why would there be buoys ON a boat??
highvelocity123
highvelocity123 - 9 years ago
The best part of the video was the fact that he had a line ready.  Too many times I see a novice captain pull up, and do a nice job, then everyone rushes around looking for a line and bumpers...by that time the captain has to pull out again because no one was ready.
Chuck Dilmore
Chuck Dilmore - 9 years ago
Sweet - good job. Great camera angles!
Mike Stone
Mike Stone - 9 years ago
Nice job
snook slayers
snook slayers - 10 years ago
what type of boat is that
ultangler1
ultangler1 - 10 years ago
Well done.
Ray G
Ray G - 10 years ago
I think this is basically really good advice, but why would you come in with the wind if you have a choice? If the wind is actually blowing you on the dock, as it is in the video, the advice stands, but I think you should have included the advice to always try to come in against the wind if it is blowing parallel to the dock so you have more control. Time and time again I see boats coming to our dock with the prevailing wind. If they put the bow into the wind as they make the turn you suggest, they would have more control and less panic.
highvelocity123
highvelocity123 - 9 years ago
Ray, I know what your saying, I see that a lot.  For someone who knows their boat, I would suggest keeping the wind at your stern, neutral is your friend, then tap the brakes and kick the back end in.  Then if by any chance someone has a line ready-LOL- they'll be ok..
TaggingTechnician
TaggingTechnician - 10 years ago
Thanks Mike, you made it look very easy. Well done.

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