Tying Your Boat Off

[@lbhunter6341]

Sir, your channel should be mandatory viewing for all boaters! I've been running recreational boats for 51 years and there's not one of your videos from which I've learned nothing! I've always considered myself a knowledgeable and safe boater, but you've humbled me. Thank you a million times over!

[@m.schneider6079]

As a new boater I really appreciate your approach. Thank you!

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for your comment!

[@4tomop]

i liked how you described the different commands - I'd like to see a dedicated video on that. My wife and I are cruising together and we use headsets to communicate. I think we'd do even better by upgrading our communication conventions as you suggest - both voice and hand signals, command and response. "Put over number 2" ... " number 2 fast." etc.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Tom, thank you so much for your comment! I don't know if you are a reader or not but I would like to suggest a book that I don't let get very far from me. Watch Officer's Guide by James Stavridis, USN. I've referred to this book since 1985 when it was given to me. Granted, it is a military book with military procedures but it does a fantastic job of explaining the whys and the hows. There is an entire chapter on the use of Standard Commands in regard to the helm and line commands. This book is packed with great information that will make your cruising safer and more enjoyable. I've attached an affiliate link below: amzn.to/45aN1AR

[@theabsolutetruth2024]

Great channel, Captain. Leaning a lot. Please keep them coming.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for commenting!!!

[@theabsolutetruth2024]

@@boattrainingonline6561 Thank you!

[@shawnpollard4481]

Thank you so much for commenting!!!

[@martinbowers852]

i'm binge watching your videos right now, and will watch them over and over till i get it. you will be the first person i contact when i win the loto ha ha

[@boattrainingonline6561]

I Love It! Thank you so much for your comment and for watching my videos. We just hit 100 subscribers this weekend and I'm stoked. I've got so many videos trapped inside this head of mine; I hope you continue to watch. I appreciate you!!!

[@iamequus]

thanks for a great lesson. i never really understood how a spring line worked. i definitely have a better understanding now.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for your comment!

[@scottweiland4441]

I am loving these videos. I don’t there are any more useful training videos on line than these.

[@Roger-gm9tl]

As a lonesome boater & up there in age I have to find ways to make everything easier more convenient for me, I use 2 lines, bow & stern, w/a loop in bow line & pass stern line through loop so it comes out the middle of boat & use as breast line, then when docked use both lines tied up to dock if needed !

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Outstanding, thank you so much for sharing. It’s funny, I’m 64 now and I’m working a few days for TowBoat. I’m by myself taking boats in stern tow and bringing them alongside. When I was in my twenties, we ran around with a 5 man crew doing the same thing. Keep boating Roger!!!

[@peterdarby793]

Enjoyed your video. It reminded me of my days in the Navy. I once had to move an aircraft carrier 20’ down the pier without power or tugs to keep the down elevators from crushing some crates as the tide ebbed. I took slacked the forward spring lines and had about ten guys sit on the aft spring lines. Slowly the line would come down as their weight move the 1000’ ship backwards. We kept repeating the procedure until we got the ship moved to its new position.

[@tomvancil8213]

The dots just connected for me & I see the light ! Thank you so much👍

[@boattrainingonline6561]

:) Thank you so much for commenting!

[@Jim-yk2bz]

Thank you very much for the detailed,easy to understand explanations.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you so much for your comment!

[@svDUCHESS]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you for your comment Bill, have you been in boating long?

[@ronmorra744]

This man has salt! Great info BMC!

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank Brother

[@todddunn945]

No one I know of every uses numbers for their cleats. The cleats are bow, stern and midships. Most boats I am familiar with have three cleats. Bigger boat (say 50+) feet will have more.

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you very much for your comment!

[@redwood1957]

Great video. May I suggest a video on binoculars Coastal and off shore if there is a difference. Thank you Mike

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Outstanding idea, there's a lot to a good set of binoculars and most people take them for granted.

[@michaelhild5436]

Good information but I don’t get how running a line from the vessel to a cleat and back to the vessel gets you any more effect stretch than a single line. Yes the total line length may be 30 feet but now that line needs to stretch twice as far as a single line to accommodate tide change.

[@penney304]

Good stuff!

[@centric1206]

Hey Shawn, great videos thank you, (Karl in Dublin Ireland)

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Karl, thank you so much for your comment. My mom’s side of the family are all Sweeney’s, Ireland is definitely on my bucket list!!!

[@centric1206]

@@boattrainingonline6561 hey Shawn, good to hear of your mom and the Sweeneys, I probably know a few...always welcome here my friend for some Guinness and cruising up the river Shannon!

[@ReneeNewton-t5x]

I am enjoy your teaching. I need and want you learn. Thank you. I would like to know. Not seed. Knocts. ??? Rak

[@boattrainingonline6561]

Thank you for comm

[@diverd2162]

Some great info but there are many ways to secure a boat but this is not a tanker, get rid of the numbers. The bow and stern lines should be run longer and fore/aft. to reduce stress on cleats and deck, not as breast lines breast lines are too short and cause jerking motions even on floating docks.

[@radiusnorth1675]

I think your presentation could be improved with "better" notations, ie : 1&4 breast lines, 2&3 spring lines. ( it's a small thing, but to me the notation 1-4 [at least at first glance] by convention means all lines 1 2 3 & 4. None the less thanks for your video.