If you like this post, please LIKE it and g+1 it – thanks it really helps us grow and develop the animations like this. How to dock a Catamaran Here is an email we received from a student asking about how to dock a Catamaran. >>>>>> Good day Grant and team, Your Catamaran Sailing Confidence […]
Stand-On and Give-Way: You just might have it wrong FIRST If you think boaters should know the Rules of Preventing Collision please LIKE this post via facebook or g+1 it. Thanks it really helps get the word out there and help water safety. (Jump directly to the FREE updated International Rules of Preventing Collision at […]
Anchoring an unfamiliar boat If you like this post – please LIKE it via facebook and G+1 it – thanks it helps us grow Most charter boats use all chain anchor rode. The rules of anchoring say with chain you should use a 5:1 ratio. For example, for an overnight anchorage at a 4 meter depth plus 1 meter […]
Combating Prop Walk If you like this post – please “LIKE” it and g+1 it. Thanks it really helps us grow. Prop walk can be quite frustrating on sailboats with a drive shaft. On most boats the aft of the boat “walks” to the port when the engine is put into reverse. It seems like […]
Catamaran Sailing Course If you like this post please “LIKE” it – it helps us grow – thx. Along with the very exciting news of NauticEd joining forces with Lagoon Catamarans to bring Catamaran Sailing education to the market, we have announced our latest update to the Catamaran Sailing Confidence Course. The interactive Catamaran Sailing […]
This is a follow up blog on last week’s How To Spring On To A Dock. If you like it – please “like it” – thanks it really helps us grow. Once you’ve jammed your self into a tight fuel dock, now how do you get out? Pretty simple. Just back out – but use […]
Mediterranean Mooring The Med Mooring now becomes simple and unintimidating because of your new awesome backing skills you have learned in the NauticEd Maneuvering Under Power course. Here’s an html5 animation on how to do a Mediterranean mooring. Click the start button and read along. To continue, click the instructions inside the green box. Doing a […]
Springing Off the Dock in a Sailboat Here is a simple animation that shows you how to spring off the dock when the wind is blowing you back onto the dock. Often there may be another boat in front of you and so trying to push the bow out first can easily lead to disaster […]
Maneuvering and docking a sailboat Here is a short clip on maneuvering a sailboat into the slip – backwards. The wind is coming right out of the slipway and so driving the boat directly up into the wind then expecting to be able to turn the boat around perfectly while the wind takes over is a […]
Here’s a question from one of our students about leaving a slip in a sailboat in a cross wind. Question: We had a real mess on a charter in the BVI, but I’m not sure where we went wrong. We were docked bow to in a slip, taking a stiff wind over the port beam. We […]