How to leave the dock safely – Catamaran sailing techniques | Yachting World

The view from the cockpit of a cruising catamaran as you prepare to leave the dock for the first time can be intimidating. But as multihull guru Nigel Irens explains, there are a few simple tips to help you get away cleanly with your pride and insurance excess intact. ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to Yachting World's YouTube page now - https://www.youtube.com/user/yachtingworld?sub_confirmation=1 ► For the latest reviews, new gear launches and tour news, visit our website here - http://www.yachtingworld.com ► Like us on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/yachtingworldmagazine ►Follow us on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/yachtingworld ►Feel free to comment below! ►Remember to hit that LIKE button if you enjoyed it :)

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The view from the cockpit of a cruising catamaran as you prepare to leave the dock for the first time can be intimidating. But as multihull guru Nigel Irens explains, there are a few simple tips to help you get away cleanly with your pride and insurance excess intact. ► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to Yachting World's YouTube page now - https://www.youtube.com/user/yachtingworld?sub_confirmation=1 ► For the latest reviews, new gear launches and tour news, visit our website here - http://www.yachtingworld.com ► Like us on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/yachtingworldmagazine ►Follow us on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/yachtingworld ►Feel free to comment below! ►Remember to hit that LIKE button if you enjoyed it :)

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vgaulin
vgaulin - 7 years ago
Hahahah Three guys needed​ for this manoeuver and they try to sell catamarans to cruising couple!!!
J. C B
J. C B - 6 years ago
and they dont exactly make things look easy (in the other footage included at the end, they seem to be struggling.
mike T
mike T - 7 years ago
can't you just shove off?
Paul Badenhorst
Paul Badenhorst - 7 years ago
One should lock the helm with the rudders straight. You then have both hands to control the morse controls, or throttles. We normally tie a fender horizontal on the bow in line with the dock. Engaging one motor forward and one backward, you push against the dock with your fendered bow. Once the wind is straight on your stern you engage both motors astern and move slowly away from the dock. The less lines you use the better. If a slip line gets tangled on the dock it gets tricky :)
Gabriel S.
Gabriel S. - 7 years ago
getting away is the easy part, it's the getting back that gets you.
pk13910
pk13910 - 7 years ago
In simpler terms, use the engines like driving a tracked vehicle like a tank.
nyyght7
nyyght7 - 8 years ago
Looks easier with 3 people. Why use the cross tie, the advantages were not explained.
Thanks for the vid.
cosybike
cosybike - 8 years ago
aaaaagh!! I need to record sound for sailing videos!!! They are all rubbish at it!!!
Shogun Assassin
Shogun Assassin - 8 years ago
Start at 1:00 to safely navigate the pre-garbage..
saildale
saildale - 8 years ago
if you need a video to show you how to maneuver a twin screw boat with props more than sixteen feet apart, maybe you should think about hiring a captain.
Lee Winger
Lee Winger - 7 years ago
Thanks Mark I guess we all take calculated risks daily. I've just completed a solo 120 km sail (not including tacks) in a Hobie Adventure Island up the western side of Fraser island QLD.

Thunderstorms, poor wind and strong currents. Made it a huge challenge which dented my enthusiasm for further adventure (for the time being)
Mark Long
Mark Long - 7 years ago
Absolutely, it's fun, but it is also a challenge. There is always something to test your skills and challenge you to develop new ones. It's all about taking measured risks and being ok w/ mistakes as long as they don't put someone in danger. Then again, there are many who have bought a boat and sailed off w/ little to no experience and they had a great time.
Lee Winger
Lee Winger - 7 years ago
Mark Long wow do you still consider sailing fun, to a novice like myself it's sounding to much like a ball ache
Mark Long
Mark Long - 8 years ago
+saildale Not so easy, if you look at 2:14, no one on board is paying attention to the port rear and these pros could have easily brushed their neighbor. There wasn't much wind in the video, but I've been pasted to a concrete pier by a 30 knot cross wind in Bora Bora, was not easy to get off at all without buggering up the bow. Twin screws don't let you go sideways (especially twin saildrives that rotate in the same direction) I think they would have been better off using the dock cleat at the center of the boat tied to the bow, that would reduce resistance to the pivot and reduce motion of the bow so it moved less on their fender/dock. The video didn't really show his maneuvers with the engines which would be helpful for the newbies.

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Angus Marshall
Angus Marshall - 8 years ago
*cruising
possumhead carpentry
possumhead carpentry - 8 years ago
nice vid but please sort out your sound. many of your vids have bad sound
Michael Caton
Michael Caton - 8 years ago
ahhh, another advert for Pantaenus.....
Michael Caton
Michael Caton - 8 years ago
I wish someone would pay for my trips to far off places to make a video of "how to spring off"........ 
Harry Schilbach
Harry Schilbach - 8 years ago
Someone has to pay for it.

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