How to spring your boat off a pontoon - Bangor - Northern Ireland - Ep. 228

[@susanhealey6101]

Lovely sunshine! Great video. Had to spring off for first time on Monday with wind of 20 plus knots blowing us, Bavaria 33, onto dock and boats in front and behind. Yikes! Sprung bow in as you show but because of wind had helm hard over and a lot of revs, took a bit but eventually stern moved off. We said we must practise this in calmer weather a bit so that we understand how boat responds better. So your video is timely and we shall practise the same. Fortunately we got lovely help from fellow yachts Monday otherwise would not have coped!! Keep up the great videos please.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks for the feedback and if the video helps than that just makes our day ever brighter 👍

[@Jj-ff9vq]

Like the mini bowline idea to prevent hook on and resulting panic.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

We normally set them as slips, but for that mid-cleat doubling the line to slip is not an option as the line is too short so the bowline is our backup.

[@SailHosailing]

Brilliant training material, thank you. And there is something so graceful about a boat spring slowly round to get into the right position to slip the lines - all the more so if something pops up in the way and the skipper has to shift her back in to the pontoon.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks for that. It was one of those days where it all just seemed to come together.

[@yvonneosullivan2105]

Excellent tutorial and camera work

[@yvonneosullivan2105]

Your drone is earning its keep

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Many thanks!

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

It needs to - it has just been off for repair (for no apparent reason, a gyro just stopped working)

[@sailinglatis]

Great episode. I don’t do that enough. Especially at the Gas dock. Have a good week.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

We do not need to do it too often, but it is a handy trick to have in the toolbox

[@brainhuge]

I like the small bowline idea. Thanks!

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

You're welcome 👍

[@yutakahayauchi5189]

Thanky you, dear girls, for your lecture. I'll remember your points. I never thought yet of those things.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thank you and we are glad it was helpful.

[@normarutherford4534]

Cheers ladies very informative video we have a Bavaria 32 Cruiser and have learnt loads about our boat from watching you guys - much appreciated and keep them coming 😊👍

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks Norma! We hope to get another couple of "how-to" videos done before the cruise south starts in April. We will do our best to keep them coming (and a Bav32 - great choice of boat 👍 )

[@normarutherford4534]

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass looking forward to watching ur adventures and if Gaynor needs any wool to practice her crocheting let me know - I enjoy dabbling in all sorts of crafts 😊

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

@@normarutherford4534 - thank you. I will let her know

[@PSRautoharp]

That was nice, thank you. Also, your boat looks delicious.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thank you. We try and keep the boat tidy, but the winter has been hard on her so TLC will be the order of the day over the next couple of weeks.

[@bobbybackmarker9665]

Nice demonsration. Thanks!

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting

[@64Golfy]

Thank you. Just wondering why you don’t use a slip line on the mid cleat also. I don’t think i would ever use a bowline on half a cleat too much risk of not being able to get it off

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

We prefer the small bowline because the distance from the stern to the middle pontoon cleat is too long to leave any effective line when rigged as a slip and our longer lines are a coarse 3 braid that does not slip as easily.

[@TicTacUk]

Very interesting and great videography. Being single handed I struggle with springing but using the mid cleat is definitely worth experimenting

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks for the feedback. My advice for singlehanding would be to have a sharp knife handy just in case 😉

[@leonply]

We won't discuss the month in Tahiti when dad "patiently" taught my brother and me how to manually spring. Being small as an eight year old, there were more than a few times that I was pulled into the water while trying to maintain proper tension on the line. You made springing look as effortless as dad did. Well done!

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Whilst we do manually spring, using the engine requires a lot less muscle as we do not feel like getting hauled off the side of the boat. Tahiti sounds like a lovely location to practice and I will bet the water is a lot warmer than Bangor 😄

[@PaulusPHM]

As always great advise

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks. We appreciate that!

[@seawench555]

Good to see u both still have a spring in ur step😂🇦🇺💚💙

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Spring is in the air!! 😄😄

[@markporterporter3259]

Nice one thank you.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@Sailingladybird]

Very informative video, we spring off all the time, especially in our lock as our home marina is a locked marina, and at busy times you can't always pick your side to moor up. Amazing how many sailors don't spring off though and get into all sorts of problems. As we have only been sailing for a year we are always interested to see how people do things. Great camera work too.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

I am glad you enjoyed the video - we had great fun making it 😃 Whereabouts do you sail?

[@Sailingladybird]

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass we are based at Shotley Marina in Suffolk where the Rivers Stour and Orwell meet. The rivers make good a training ground. It's quite busy with the container ships going to Felixstowe and cargo ships going to Ipswich plus all the pleasure crafts and ferries.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

A part of the world we have never visited, but it sounds busy with plenty to do and see

[@yvonneosullivan2105]

We only use slip lines for springing off. I control the bow line until cast off

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

We rarely spring, but when you need it you need it...

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

What Beverley really means is "we rarely spring using the engine method", we like you just use slip lines, for example in the video I say we just use the rope pulling method for going astern from our slip, but if you ever find yourself parallel parked with your yacht, it is a good technique to know about.

[@Oscar_Dakota]

Very good info! Thank you

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SailingArgo]

Great video👍🏻

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks. Are you coming over to the UK again this year?

[@SailingArgo]

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Well, that’s the plan. We’re planning to go over to Shetland and take it from there, Faroe Islands maybe 🤔 But we want to end up in the Irish Sea at some point if all goes as planned 😀

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

@@SailingArgo - we will keep an eye on Marinetraffic 👍

[@Jj-ff9vq]

I think you were berthed next to my yacht in conwy there too....tho she's now at holyhead :)

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Is your boat the Jeanneau we were wedged up against? We were very careful, but it was scary stuff 😃

[@Jj-ff9vq]

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass It wasnt then but it is now!

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Excellent and congrats on your boat 👍 Next time you park it near us, can you leave a bit more room? 😄😄

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

@@Jj-ff9vq - I have been rummaging in the film archive and the boat we were squeezed up against was "Kittiwake".

[@Jj-ff9vq]

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Ah no. Aoife is ours. SO32!

[@Div3r]

Nice to see the piling next to your boat showing solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Around here the yellow indicates a safety ladder and the blue stripe indicates 'E' pontoon.

[@richardg3137]

Thank you😊

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

You're welcome 😊

[@01ariti]

Funky start, thought I had started watching Kraftwerk video, VQOTW where do you keep all those fenders, I have a Bav 37 and can only get six in one locker

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Kraftwerk!! That is a blast from the past 😃 We have the two cabin version of the Bav36 and so our starboard cockpit locker is ginormous

[@01ariti]

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Now I understand mine has 3 cabins and small lockers

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

We did look at a three cabin version, but the 2 cabin version suited us better

[@dreamtimesv]

👍

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Thanks