Master the wind to master your docking.

[@ElevateYacht]

Nicely done. Great use of the props and drawing to explain. Keep up the good work, Cap! Cheers

[@Jillygupple]

Thank you so much. This was a fantastic explanation!

[@holger.gruenhagen]

Thank you for this great video. Such a lot of useful value in it. Please keep on producing such high-quality content with that mix of theory, practice and real-life stories. Truly appreciated.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Holger, thank you so much for your comment - I am truly humbled!

[@williammagill5634]

I absolutely LOVE your training methods, simple and logical. I am new to my little 21 foot single screw inboard. WAY different handling characteristics than an outboard motor, as you of course know. Atlas Pompano 21. Thank you for your help!

[@erisversini7301]

As a sailboater this makes much sense. Every boater should sail a little so they get the point of what is described here

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for you comment! I absolutely agree. There's an old saying "youth is wasted on the young". I spent my youth not wanting to know a thing about sailboats. When I realized that life is about the journey and not the destination, I started to appreciate different views. Besides, I think sailboat sailors are awesome boat handler.

[@sailingsegundo4644]

Thank you for sharing such an informative and accurate video. I have often explained to others that the wind can be a valuable ally, and that operating a boat is quite different from driving a car. I like to compare docking a boat to the challenging task of parking a car on an icy hill, without the use of brakes and with steering controlled from the rear.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@timothybridgham9803]

Watch several of your videos. You do a great job. Keep it up!!!

[@jamespisano1164]

Thanks sir.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you for commenting!!!

[@howardplevyakjr.9838]

Nice job!

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thanks for your comment!!!

[@johnjolly2087]

Great info. I sailed in the Corpus Christi area for years. High wind on the beam docking is the norm. Would appreciate a detailed vid on this scenario. It can get ugly fast!

[@UrbanFisherman]

Great info captain

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you for your comment Urban Fisherman, I truly appreciate it!!!

[@douglasvannuys]

HOLY COW!!!! Your friend Matty's situation was the EXACT same scenario I mentioned in your "Line #2" video!!! Halleluiah man, eureka WHY in the world did this never occur to me?!?

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you for your comment.

[@bradleywilliams5416]

Thank you…

[@lars1nyc]

maybe expand on your wind docking videos with this scenario: coming down the runway into a shared slip with hard wind on your stern and docking on the port side with the other boat docked on your starboard side. Twin outboards........ Great channel!

[@dakotalane3666]

Thank you for a very helpful lesson for this new boater.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

I hope it helps and thank you so much for your comment!

[@billzinkhan6403]

Great information, thanks captain

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Bill, thank you very much for your comment - I truly appreciate it!

[@abdulkkhan5095]

Great teacher.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for your comment, Abdul!

[@lookingforbluewater6162]

Thanks so much for the help!!

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for your comment, Lori! I plan to get off the white board and do a video in the wind to show you exactly what I'm trying to say. I hope I make it come together for you.

[@puntaizmir]

Thank you for your great video.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for your comment!

[@headcasekookoonest7118]

This guy is full of great infomation

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much Headcase, I truly appreciate it!

[@georgeolt1015]

Very good information I look forward to your other videos. You mentioned the "windy" phone app. When I looked there seems to be a couple of options. Is there 1 better than the other. My boating is on the Long Island Sound home base Branford. I have a 31' sea ray Sundancer 2000, this is my 3rd year with this boat.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Hey George, thank you very much for your comment! I'm not sure which option of Windy I have. My partner just got his airplane pilot's license, and he uses more option than I have. I retired from the Coast Guard out of New Haven CT and spent a little bit of time at Station Eaton's Neck. I've brought a Tug up and down the Sound a couple of times, very nice area you're in. I like those Sundancer too, one of my friends has one where a couple of bottles of red wine have met their end. Thank again for your comment and I hope our paths cross.

[@andrewowens110]

Thank you, the wind is my friend

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you for your comment, Andrew! I plan to do at least one more video where I actually dock a boat or two in 35 to 40 knots of wind using these techniques. I hope you tune in of it.

[@tcon6504]

Great info brother.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you Tim, I appreciate you!

[@judas4958]

Would love to see your take on docking when the wind is pushing the boat away from the dock or slip.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Judas, thank you so much for your comment! I'm currently working on that video as we speak. I'm thinking I might have one of my students take the helm just so it's more believable. Thanks again!

[@davidlewington3324]

In the first scenario around 4min in, the conventional teaching would be to do exactly what your friend did ie reverse into the stern wind and swing the bow against the wind , then use the wind to blow the boat onto the finger/dock. Some would say that all he needed to do was to start his turn later and use the prop walk and wind to his advantage. There is never a right method that suits everyone but with the second method (the one that worked for the friend) if your bow blows off easily, as has happened to me, you may find your bow swinging past the finger or crashing into it (or into your neighbor). So, as always, horses for courses.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

David, thank you so much for your comment! I never really realize how much wind effects your decision-making process until I started making these videos. I'm working on mounting a weathervane / wind indicator on a magnet and attaching it to the Samson Post so the camera can show what's going on with the wind. Then I can record what I'm doing and the effects I'm watching for. I watched a fairly large sailboat tied up the other day and I notice the Captain did everything stern into the wind. I'm sure she was a heavy boat, but I found it interesting non the less. Thanks again for commenting!

[@davidlewington3324]

@@boattrainingonline6561 yeh I agree -seeing a weather vane or flag would help. I also like overhead drone views and while getting a bit production heavy, a picture in picture of whats happening at the helm. My comments re stern to wind only apply to my power boats with outboards/stern legs and understand that sail boats, inboards and boats with rudders steer differently as well as having different wind effects on the hull. I learned the hard way with one of my power boats that bow into the wind would blow off very quickly leaving me broadside to the wind. I once about 20 years ago blew broadside to the wind and got swept passed my berth and down a narrow fairway sideways (at a right angle to the direction of travel of the fairway) and a few feet from moored boats on either side coming close to hitting my bow or my stern. People standing on the end of their boats were pushing me off from both sides of the fairway as I 'sailed' by. Finally, a kind man who happened to hold commercial captains license, leaped on to my boat. He quickly controlled the situation and I never will forget him saying "Dude, stern to the wind !"

[@boattrainingonline6561]

@@davidlewington3324 What a great story, thank you so much for sharing. I think these situations make this one of the most popular topics on my channel. People quickly find out that they have some skin in the game. I'm going to do my best to keep hitting this subject in different situations. I love the idea of the drone and maybe a couple more cameras to capture different angles. I'm saving my nickels and dimes for a drone as we speak. It has to be waterproof obviously, which puts them in a different price category. Please keep your comments and suggestions coming, I truly appreciate them.