Don't advertise the xanax and hooch to the coast guard!

Thanks a lot for your videos with a helpfull contents and a clear language and pronuntiation. The latter makes it easy for me to understand. My mother tongue is German.

What a waste of my time. Never taught how to USE a chart plotter.

nice video and illustrations. tks

Thank you. Going by the comments its no wonder so many people balls it up when coming along side.

Great lesson 👍

Thank you! You are the David Attenborough of knot tying. And thank you for telling me that it’s not actually a bowline Very helpful

The fact that the slip knot is isomorphic to the bowline is the most magical thing ever. Go back in time a few hundred years, show that to someone and you're either going to be made king or burned at the stake.

Greetings from Poland. My SRC licence are sucessfuly utilizing on regular bases. Thank you Sir for the course and the excelent, unforgetable exam.

No one has mentioned that clickbait thumbnail? You know what i'm talking about lol

Incredible! I am going right now through the coastal skipper theory and I enjoy the videos part of the curriculum. But I was dead curious about who is the so knowledgeable guy that makes the content, (c) DW…..so Duncan Wells. Nice to meet you, sir!

I know this as the highwayman's hitch. See also the Tumble Hitch.

Tails are too short. (Should be 12 circumferences of the line, pi x diameter x 12.) Slip knot should be left loose to make this easy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7afHV3aL2AiJI

You should retitle this video as the Thief Knot. I see you already have one with that name.

The sheet bend works also with lines of equal diameter. Despite the teaching of Boy Scouts, the square knot/reef knot should never be used to tie two ropes together under load (as a bend). See the statement in the Ashley Book of Knots that the square knot, when used as a bend, under load, is responsible for more deaths and injuries than all other knots combined. Better than the double sheet bend is the Carrick Bend. With the sheet bend, it is important that the two working ends start and finish on the same side of the knot as you demonstrate.

These are two of three variants of the taut-line hitch. The first is the midshipman's hitch, the one that gives the most friction and hold. The second is the rolling hitch which does not have the first crossing turn. The magnus hitch is the third variant and provides the least friction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taut-line_hitch

Thanks. Now I know how to getaway when I rob the bank😂😂

Stop being so obvious. You make me feel quite simple. PS. I subscribed when i saw the stern bridle video. Brilliant.

I live in a one horse town, so they ALWAYS know its me robbing the bank. Glum face.

What are the specs for the red line you often use? Thank you

Huh. I usually just push it off

Peter Gore Seer, Lucky Man Get Sailing It.

Is that a 352?

Good video, thanks. Very clear.

Lovely, I have tried this successfully but on occasions on our Hurley 30/90 if a strong tide starts to take the bow away from the dock I struggle even with more engine power to keep us alongside. Love the book btw, I am now a Rustler’s hitch fanatic 😀

Get his book, it's awesome.

Wow was this really 10 years ago? Feels like 50!

Excellent Duncan as always!

Interesting video. I use a spring. The line has a large loop, about 2ft diameter, with plastic tube in the loop to hold it open. The loop is dropped over the cleat on the finger pontoon, and the line is run through a snatch block attached to the midships cleat and back,to the genoa winch. I have marked the line where it should be cleated off, to avoid hitting the main pontoon! With engine slow ahead and the tiller hard over steering away from the finger pontoon/dock, the boat is held securely. I‘ll certainly try your method, as throwing a loop over the dockside cleat must be easier than dropping my „loop“ over. I always have a cold sweat until it is firmly secure. However, I feel intuitively, that having the line looped over the dockside cleat is less secure than my method. I look forward to showing that my intuition is wrong!

Two things I’ve noticed about KZbin comments. 1. There will always be a couple of snide ‘you don’t wanna do it that way’ and 2. The negative commenters never provide a link to their channel showing how it should be done.

I've actually used this system years back. I didn't know it had a name, I thought I was being clever! Who knew??

Sorry if this question seems stupid but you say the engine brings the boat alongside do you mean the winch? Are you using the winch to pull in the line?

It must be nice to know what you're doing. Thanks for the tip! Also, I'm finding your other videos very informative, interesting, and enjoyable to watch.

yeah that works!

Very cool! Not seen that before...thx for sharing! Watching from North Vancouver, Canada! Regards, Jules.

I like this system - thanks for sharing.

Also called a Tumble Hitch

This is a similar, but much better way than I currently tie on when solo sailing. Thanks for a good video.

Now let’s see him do it with a strong cross wind blowing off the dock

Als je met zo'n boot nog moet leren varen ,blijf dan maar thuis. Zonde van de boot.

It seems if you attach the bow the stern drifts away and vica versa. I am going to try clipping ashore from a midship cleat first.🎉

Any wind on the bow at all is going to put tremendous strain on everything in that situation. If there isn't wind blowing you off, what is the point?

The boat was at a complete standstill and that's a life saver??!!

My dockings include a much louder soundtrack of my swearing.

You tied a Rigger's Hitch, not a Rolling Hitch. Cheers.

🧐🧐👍👍❤️❤️ Strictly prohibitted to be used for tying a horse and doing robbery, Horses need their freedom and robbery is illegal 😛😛😛

I know this as the highwayman's hitch. My favourite quick release knot.

Such a beautiful craft.

the north star is the tip of the handle of the little dipper ...your not to smart

Up here in Norway. There are few cleats and lots of rings or bullrails in marinas. We use the "hook and moore" boat hook. Works like a charm