Great to see. Great crew work and good to view someone keeping sailing skills alive.
That is a ballsy park of a yacht in a marina. He had plenty of crew to handle the lines but he had the speed and momentum down to a tee.
I have done similar in the Cairns Marlin Marina but using residual engine momentum, not sailing momentum like he did.
Four wheel disc brakes with six piston calipers?
she stopped on a dime as they say.
gary
Select to expand quoteSubsonic said..
Standard practice in my mates S80. It was even more fun after a couple of beers.
About eight years ago I was finishing up a great day's sailing on Sydney harbour.
It was a winter's Sunday evening, getting dark. I had a couple on board and their baby being looked after by a friend off the boat.
My motor would not start. What could I do?
I rang the CYCA to get a tow. All staff had gone home and no one left in the club to help me.
I repeatedly rang marine rescue who did not answer which is understandable at 8pm.
I rang the water police and explained the situation. The officer's comment was 'you've rang at an inconvenient time'.
He then went on to explain that the shifts were changing over and it would be about one hour before they could come to help me.
He then suggested 'why not sail her in'.
The wind was a light southerly. I remember tacking back and forth between boats with a lot of luck and just enough momentum.
At the entrance to C arm I dropped the main and just had enough jib on my furler to keep us going.
The berth are lined north to south so I was reaching down ok.
I turned into the wind and nearly made it into the berth.
Unfortunately for me I was blown backwards across the channel but luck was with me as the berth opposite was empty.
We tied up there very relieved. My crew member went across and I threw him a line and we pulled the Catalina into my berth.
The Catalina's engine managed to die a couple more times over time and I eventually became confident with crew to sail her into the berth if necessary.
The mrs and I used to do that into Airle Marina for fun in the Olympic 40. Was good practice.
Select to expand quote2bish said..
Ah, Cape Town yacht harbour. Grown enormously since I was a boy on my bike staring at the yachts and dreaming...
Nicely done, but is there any other way? small race boats it's more of a PITA to get the OB up on deck just for a few minutes.
Dare? Some of us learned in dinghies where that was the only way. Same principals apply in bigger boats. Lost count of how many times I got in (and out) of a much tighter pen than that in a bigger cruiser, with less crew when the engine was playing up. Reversing in between the piles without an engine is sometimes easier as you don't have the transverse thrust to contend with, and I wouldn't consider myself more than a weekend hack.
