Catalina 25 Sailboat Single Handed Sailing Docking and Undocking

At Marina Del Rey

[@derekschott5209]

Well done sir. I have a catalina 27 and docking is either a great event, or a life harrowing experience. Was in a previous marina with a massive current- one wrong move and you would be slammed sideways into the boats on the opposite slip. Now enjoying life where I can float in without power, exactly like you did. Added ten years to my life...

[@dianaofburlington5172]

Now that's the way it's done - no throttle and steering it in, then getting a line to the dock ASAP. 'Throttle is NOT your friend!' - my advice to motorboaters when I was at WM. I've seen too many people way overcorrect with throttle and it just becomes a mess. Well done, Brian!

[@leomcnamara8711]

Very informative, and well-filmed! Will be stealing some of your docking techniques on my next single-handing adventure...

[@earthdog1026]

Nice job. Keep the videos coming, I enjoy them a lot. New owner of a 1983 Catalina 25.

[@patricklaine6958]

Nice technique Brian. I'm not sure that hoisting the sail before you left the slip was very helpful (??), but nice, controlled arrival. Good video.

[@letdoitbeforedie]

Thank you for watching! It doesn't help at all but it is a kind of convenient way for single-handed sailing.

[@joshuamills2868]

That approach was a beautiful thing

[@phillipsplanet]

Im dreaming of a sailboat, but I can tell docking/undocking is going to tear my nerves up.

[@CharlesEstabrooks]

Get a mooring instead. Much easier to get on & off a mooring, even under sail

[@simonfluendy6200]

@@CharlesEstabrooks You're going to have to do it sometime. What about hauling out?

[@wow.sailor.]

Wow Sailor great episode,

[@김경숙-r8o]

크고 최신의 요트만 추구할 게 아니라 배와 관계 없이 혼자서 세일링의 기술을 구사 하면서 즐기는 세일링을 몸소 멀리서 즐기는 모습이 좋습니다.

[@alexpapa4992]

Good Job, Grez from lace of Konstanz.

[@joshuafarnsworth2809]

Nice! I've got the same boat.

[@simonfluendy6200]

That looks easy. Hold my beer! All of life's worst sailing experiences come while docking (hopefully!). I keep a picture taken from the dock the first time I docked a much bigger (charter) yacht than I'm used to (38ft) stern to. It's good I'm wearing sun glasses so you can't see the sheer panic I felt. All I could think of was the humiliation. If the bill for getting it badly wrong had crossed my mind I'd never have tried...

[@TurnOffYourTV]

Wonderful. ,.,.,,.,.,.🌊⛵⚓

[@jrmyaya81]

More sailing videos please!

[@garywaggoner1953]

Nicely done!

[@JoelMartinez]

lol, was that a vuvuzela?

[@letdoitbeforedie]

Yes it is an eco-friendly air horn.

[@JoelMartinez]

Brian Choi love it! I recently helped a friend install solar panels on his sailboat. This is a great idea for a sound device!!

[@JohnBraman413]

no new sailing videos? still got it?

[@stealhty1]

Brain you didnt used your Sails to Dock neither undocking

[@JdoubleU1222]

Really, who does that?

[@Yeaitstemp]

Now back in down into slip

[@nomadequipment2177]

Hi!👋

[@jetlaggedchef6806]

How much HP does your motor have and do you find it sufficient? (I'm looking at a C25 that only has a tiny 3.5HP engine)

[@letdoitbeforedie]

I have used 9 HP and 6 HP. I prefer 6 HP, it is good enough and easy to handle for repair.

[@xusemoi]

Honda 4 stroke 7.5. Cheers.

[@pieterspaander7532]

Yamaha outboard 9.9 I love it.

[@richiel17]

Had a 9.9, now a 6. Overall prefer the 6. It's noisier and has less power, but its idle speed is slower and more controllable, which makes docking much easier. '83 Cat 25

[@russellcole3549]

Gloves to protect your hands but flip flops on your feet? After a few more miles under your keel you will reverse that, I suspect.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

You dont constantly handle lines with your feet

[@임시운-l2s]

ㅎㅎ

[@임시운-l2s]

배타고 가서 스노클링 할때 없어?

[@letdoitbeforedie]

임시운 한 7시간 가면 물이 아주 깨끗한 카탈리라라는 섬이 있어.

[@KennethKimChannel]

Brian Choi I thought it only took 4 hours to get to Catalina from LA?

[@임시운-l2s]

7시간이면 한국까지 가겠다 ㅋ