Good to see Helen Keller enjoying her new boat!

Just started sailing. While there's a lot of trash talk I've found other boaters to be among the kinder more generous people I've met. Always there to assist newbies. Have had a great time so far and am moving from a 23' Erickson to a 30' Catalina. Plan to take some sailing lessons soon after reading the books recommended by the ASA. My boat partner knows a lot more than I do.

@ShroomKeppie

5 жыл бұрын

Once upon a time I decided I wanted to buy a sailboat. Had done a bit of dinghy sailing and thought a 20-something-footer would be fun. I walked onto the deck of a 28' boat, looked at all the rigging, the instruments, the engine, and thought "Damn! Better get some lessons first!" Spent the next three years at the Baltimore Downtown Sailing Center, working my way up from Crew to Skipper, and got an ASA and US Sailing certification along the way. When I finally bought my own Capital Yachts Newport 28, I felt very comfortable single-handing her in all conditions on Chesapeake Bay. Definitely get the lessons first!

I can see where things went wrong. It all started when they uncleated the dock lines.

@kenlee-97

4 жыл бұрын

What does uncleated dock lines actually mean , cheers.

@dangre00

4 жыл бұрын

@@kenlee-97 Just another way to say "castng off the lines" when a boat is leaving dock.

@chrisgordon5719

4 жыл бұрын

It really went wrong when he bought a sailboat because he wanted that cheap wind to power his boat. He needs to go back to his farm and practice on his farm tractor.

@kenlee-97

4 жыл бұрын

@@dangre00 thanks, i thought he was doing it in an un-orthodox way of letting go lines. cheers.

@h7283

3 жыл бұрын

The forward sheet should be in with Boult and headsail

We had a rudder on a Catalina 30 that worked fine at the dock but would only turn right when the engine was running - the rudder post was worn and would bind when the prop wash hit it

Cap’n Crunch doing what he does best. 😄😄😄

What will we do with a drunken sailor? What will we do with a drunken sailor? What will we do with a drunken sailor? Early in the morning!

This makes me feel so good about docking now hahaha

@hajianfal2329

4 жыл бұрын

hi this dock God about now

Owner: "HARD TO PORT!" 'Skipper': "I thought we were leaving port?!?

@A.Matt7

5 жыл бұрын

Port means left side of the boat dumbfuck

@Sebastian_Dinwiddie

5 жыл бұрын

17Industries 😂

@wandarebiejo6409

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO! That's comedic gold!

@wandarebiejo6409

4 жыл бұрын

@@A.Matt7 That's the joke. Get it?

@A.Matt7

4 жыл бұрын

@@wandarebiejo6409 obviously not stupid az

The poor fender dragging behind over the jetty... XD By that moment you could tell it's gonna be good!

The skipper turned hard to starboard without reducing the thrust which has resulted in the bow turning 90 degrees right then continuing the turn towards the docks, look at how big was his turning curve, he should have gone to idle and straightened the rudder as soon as his stern was out of the dock and if he was still going too fast and straight towards the facing docks/boats then a small kick in reverse will slow the boat and assist the bow in turning to starboard.

Well Jim! Fancy running into you around here.

Whoever made that boat couldn’t decide if it was going to be a sailboat or a powerboat.

I teach docking and un-docking on YOUR boat. Great lessons learned for all here.

Credit card captains at their finest

They are driving the boat like a car, thinking they are steering the front wheels. On a boat, you steer the back end, and you slide with inertia.

@skunkjobb

3 жыл бұрын

That's the fault when they leave their own dock scraping the port rear end of the boat but that does not explain the rest of the maneuvering.

Guys like this typically want help. I had a guy next to my boat with a new 40.5 it was beautiful! He didn’t know anything about it and was grateful for lessons. He’s was pretty good by the end of the season.

That's my M29 in the background; glad I wasn't there at the time!

you know you're in trouble when you hear someone yell " ok lets do it again but this time FASTER.

You don't have to wait long in a Marina to see this sort of thing and worse. Best time to see it is the weekends, in the morning they are crashing out and in the afternoon crashing back in, often drunk.

It's a great way to meet your neighbours.

@sparky1331

6 жыл бұрын

Dear Leader , To sink Your Neighbors?

@GoatyHerps

4 жыл бұрын

Funny AF

@whileysea

4 жыл бұрын

They would NOT like to meet me. I promise!

How do you know that they did not have a rudder problem?

How did he get into that slip stern first to begin with?

There's one or two of those in every marina! The owner who doesn't have a clue.

He must have one of those tillers that only turns one direction!

Holy moly! Skipper is a disaster. He/she should be back at the dock reviewing basic boat handling.

He attac.. He protecc.. But most importantly He don't know how to reverse bacc..

Skipper: "Prepare to ram!".

You said they were back in their slip in an hour, was that after an hour of trying to leave the marina?

@johnwspeck

6 жыл бұрын

DaebakMonkey an hour after they managed to leave the slip ;)

@DaebakMonkey

6 жыл бұрын

Man that's rough. I feel sorry for the owners of the other boats because they might have their boating plans wrecked. Fair Winds!

How many rams is that?

Fascinating.

Was there a mechanical issue?

I think for my _first_ attempt at steering a boat/ship will be a luxury liner. What could go wrong? 🚢

O had a garbage bag or something similar foul my prop once , it was not pretty because of the wind and current and no thrust. But not that bad

Conditions look really still. The impression given is that the helmsman basically doesn't know how to steer or control a boat. It would seem better for a student or newbie to get a basic feel for control of the boat in more open water where there aren't so many things to hit, letting them learn in tight docking situations when they don't have the basics down seems a bit reckless. I'd imagine they'd have a hard time staying insured if they had incidents like this all the time, or if their insurer ever got a look at this video.

@COUCHSAILORS

7 жыл бұрын

championskyeterrier the current is extremely strong at pier 39 despite what the conditions might appear. That being said... *face palm* it seems like this would've happened even in no current!

@benmac7315

7 жыл бұрын

Surely there must have been some sort of mechanical failure on the boat for it to be that bad. I can handle a boat with moderate issues better than that.

@donaldbecker6837

6 жыл бұрын

Embarrassing disasters

@wf4919

6 жыл бұрын

If so they wouldn't have gone out...

@grahamparkes1419

6 жыл бұрын

championskyeterrier t h

Initially I thought maybe a mechanical issue. Then... The oversteer... That validates your concern. This person needs to relinquish the helm. Immediately!

Is alcohol involved here, by any chance?

maybe the skipper should go to sailing school instead of making fun of them

@stranraerwal

5 жыл бұрын

@LeacH Torrent : watch your foul language, you mouth breather!

You need to get a video of them pulling in the slip lol

And that was in dead flat calm.. can you imagine them leaving in 30 kt winds?

Well - at least the title of the video was honest - thanks for sharing! :)

They don't seem to understand the need for water to be flowing over the control surfaces? Or maybe its a long keel with small rudder?

Hold my beer, watch this

Wait! To go left I have to steer right, isn't it?

the first time i might say that a boat needs air-bags. i dont no shit about sailing, i want to, but i do know you should turn if things get in your way, like docks, other boats, flipper maybe.

If someone asks "why is there a Coast Guard?" show em this video

@dkchen

4 жыл бұрын

Coast Guard never help with docking the boat.

Yeah, steering a sailboat under power in a marina is a finesse thing that needs a subtle touch and good judgement because of delays in the helm response, especially at low speed and in reverse. This was horrible...hoping they get more practice in a safer location.

@toroddlnning6806

Жыл бұрын

you can stop the engine and throw out the anker too. pluss steel boats can leave the marina how they want.

Yeah... and some people want to make flying cars for everybody to own. People can't handle two dimensions yet they want to navigate in three. people will be falling out of the skies all over the place.

@kenlee-97

4 жыл бұрын

Good points, also lucky technology can avoid collisions for flying cars I hope, i like that scene in that movie Total Recall, where cab driver played by Bruce Willis, parks his flying taxi-cab mid air in down town New York in that movie.

I cant't make up my mind: Who is worse: the boat or the crew?

what no deck poles???

Rudder problems?

When the owner says what happened? Skipper says .. I don't know.. says it all

A culmination of money and ignorance converging. Truly insane. ::smh:: Ps: I realize this IS a sailboat, but I cannot imagine the horror to add some wind to docking.

@railroad9000

4 жыл бұрын

It is a power boat in this situation. They should re-name it "RUN-A-MUCK".

@marcusbutzin8565

4 жыл бұрын

As everyone know, when a sailboat is under mechanical power it's considered a power vessel and should be handled as such! I am wondering how the hell he backed the boat into the slip without ripping the dock apart? Maybe he was juiced and managed to do it properly! Nah he paid the dock hands to do it!

@serge470

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcusbutzin8565 except sailboat same size Never be so manovereble as the motorboat

Once they turned out of the slip why did he keep turning? Weird. The skipper keeps turning the boat. Very strange.

It looks like there is something mechanical problem with gears/linkage. Offcourse good skipper won't go sailing with bad boat.

@danfinger

4 жыл бұрын

I have sailed on this boat. Found him on the Go Sailing app. He will basically let anyone on the helm. You're right though, the gears are super cludgy, like a puzzle box - pair that with someone who doesn't understand water flow over the rudder and it's a disaster.

@getstuk87

4 жыл бұрын

@@danfinger He let's other people take it out without him you're saying? Also, can you explain the water flow over the rudder? I thought the prop turns like on an outboard? No?

@skunkjobb

4 жыл бұрын

@@getstuk87 dan finger didn't say the owner lets people take it out without him, just that he lets them steer the boat. The prop is not steerable like on an outboard engine, its shaft direction is fixed to the hull. The propeller is placed in front of the rudder so giving some power in forward gear will create a water flow from the propeller over the rudder that makes the rudder more effective than what is given only by the boats speed through the surrounding water. In reverse gear, you will not have the benefit of this.

@kenlee-97

4 жыл бұрын

@@skunkjobb awesome explanation-YOU SHOULD TEACH THIS SUBJECT ONE DAY ,IF YOU DON'T ALREADY DO.(MY QUALS. -M-24 master, M.E.D.-3 ; marine engineer).

Aye, there was a downward current sucking him into shore and the boat knew it as it tried to get back to the safety of the dock. But no, the captain went out anyways and was never heard from again. It was a good thing too.

Generally people do one of two things when frightened/pressured; they either freeze in panic or they automatically galvanise themselves in to action and make a plan. Anyone who is in the first camp shouldn't be on the water.

@sfsailor102

6 жыл бұрын

I hate the "galvanise themselves to action" people who gun their boats hard. Seriously - slow is pro. SLOW THE HELL DOWN if you are uncertain. On a calm day like the day you see keeping energy out of the boat, just drifting if you can't figure it out is WAY better than this galvanized to action high speed crashing into things. On a dead flat day like you see here if you can't figure it out, stop the boat, let it drift, lift a fender and put it in between where you'll bump, no damage.

@YaGottaBeKidding

6 жыл бұрын

I don't remember which study had come to this conclusion, but it had found that of those who "automatically galvanise themselves into action" (about 10% of the population), about half of those so galvanised consistently make the correct, "good", choices, while the other 50% of that group consistently make "wrong" decisions, i.e., decisions that worsen the outcome.

@cdnsk12

6 жыл бұрын

Slow & steady ... STOO-PID!! 😣

@ppumpkin3282

5 жыл бұрын

The current is the problem, so going slow is exactly what he shouldn't do. His going so slow the current is pushing his bow, and he can't recover without backing up. He has to power through the current.

I was about to say don't judge them too harshly.... then the demolition derby started.... Did you provide video to the owners of the power boat that got rammed?

I have no words.

Lemme ask a stupid question: Does this particular boat have a retractable keel? The way it's sliding out there it doesn't look like it has one. When a sailboat's keel is 100% retracted, it has all the steerage of a beach ball. Drop it a few feet, and you're good to go.

I have a Catalina Capri 22 foot and it's easy leaving the dock.

@superbmediacontentcreator

5 жыл бұрын

You're an idiot...

A day Skipper course with boat handling techniques should be mandatory.

W,hy would you call him Skipper?

And there is no wind! LMAO!

when i was learning, i certainly made the mistake of trying to drive it like a car--- in the sense that i gave it not enough power or rudder, then wondered why i was not turning. luckily never to this extent though. At the same time, the skipper gets one and done in my opinion-- you hit someone else's boat, its time to give the wheel to your mate.

What an AMATEUR! He's NOT safe to be around.

@shanidar

4 жыл бұрын

I saw something approximately this dumb on a naval base. The captain lost their license on the spot.

Like that Greg boat

wish they'd hit more

Funny video. Like The 3 Stooges taking out a sailboat. Does the skipper, or the crew for that matter, have any idea what they're doing?

That happens if the engine dies, or if there is too much growth on the rudder, so it doesn't answer the helm, but they don't seem to try not to hit other stuff,

@fhuber7507

7 жыл бұрын

It also happens with bad throttle and rudder coordination.

@sfsailor102

6 жыл бұрын

Especially on a boat I haven't been on before I put helm over both directions IN THE SLIP. There is no need to wait till you are under way to test this out. If you are uncertain about boat leave it tied up, check to make sure good spring lines without slack, and put it in gear in idle (I normally start with reverse in case dock lines have a problem - more time to fix). You can actually see rudder effect on prop wash right at the dock AND can confirm which way prop turns for reverse for prop walk. Now you've run engine for a bit under some load, you've gotten a handle on prop walk for reversing particularly or tight turns (use prop walk in the back and fill), and you've confirmed no rudder issues. Sometimes issues can be at the wheel as well, something sticking through spokes etc. This case looks like issues at skipper level. If you get stuck just stay stopped, if you can't steer (I doubt that) don't power up boat.

Looks like it could be any of: wind; tide; keel stall; prop-walk; or experience. Wind from the port side would take the bow away to stbd., especially below about 3knts when the keel will stall and especially in a boat with high topsides like this one - but there’s no evidence in the video of any wind at all. Tide from port could take the whole boat to stbd., but only the bow pays off to stbd, and there’s no evidence in the video of any tide (there’s no swirling water, the mooring lines of other boats are slack, and the gull in the first seconds is not moving). Prop-walk is likely an issue: if this boat walks the stern to port when the engine is gunned astern, the helmsman could be shocked to find the bow swinging to stbd, towards the motor boat, when he engaged astern power - and an inexperienced helmsman wouldn’t know how to correct it. Ditto if the boat’s stern kicks to port when ahead is engaged then the bow will kick to stbd. - and towards the motor boat. Finally experience.... the helmsman is the one in the yellow life preserver (is he a youngster?) and there’s another guy running about and even leaning over and fiddling with the engine control - which suggests the skipper may be the other guy and he’s giving yellow life preserver guy a go at taking the boat out in benign conditions. Then, when things get tricky, the skipper doesn’t take over (as he should) and maybe the inexperienced guy gets confused by the wheel (maybe he’s more familiar with tillers, which turn the other way) and by the prop-walk? A more experienced helmsman would, after the first collision, take the vessel well back (about 4 boat lengths or more, i.e. to the left of the original mooring), then move forward and establish a steady course before he gets even close to the motor boat. The fact that this helmsman only pulls back one boat length says it all: it’s all about an inexperienced helm screwing up.

Just sit right back and hear a tale.........

"Uh which way is backwards?!"-Rodney Dangerfield

I don't get how this is possible on any level? Let alone how is this possible?

Can soneone explain me what the f*ck happened there??? We have a 33 f sailingboat and we see so many horrible things , mostly from rentboats. But this..?!?! It‘s like they were not using the steering wheel. I think many people underestimate the difficulty to “drive” a boat. We began with a little 4 meters motorboat, then a 6 meters sailboat, then a 9,95x2,95 sailboat and now a 10,05x3,45 sailboat. So we learned slowly and safely. And of course where we live we need to get a licence doing classes etc. But in general, the most important thing: first think about what you are going to do, then do things slowly(!!!), if they don’t work out just go back to the beginning and try again. When we go into the harbout and need to dock we first see how the current and the wind is and how it is going to move the boat and how we can use these powers in our advantage. Then we think about what we are going to do and how, and then slowly we do it.

How has no one slapped his head?

The CooCoo's Nest crew.

Just maybe he' needs to sale the boat !!

That mushroom soup was delicious!

@kenlee-97

4 жыл бұрын

Is this another SEMEN joke to go with the ones already above!

John Speck: First of all is why didn't the guy on the bow scream "reverse" or "go left" (that is assuming that the skipper did not know what port meant).. What is it with you people? All of the time, you just stand there looking at what is going on as if you had four legs. About the only time any body ever says anything is when they exclaim, "Oh my God".

@JasonRobinsonidaho

6 жыл бұрын

on the other hand... much better video when the person holding the camera isn't chattering over the action.

No concept of prop wash and windage.

Call your lawyer!

watching this video makes me so glad to know that I have no interest in EVER owning a boat

“Slow is Pro”

@Kitiwake

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

Here on Gilligand's island....😂😂😂

Reminds me of my dad...

This is exactly what happens when you borrow sailboat to someone who is used to rib/motorboat

@PhilbyFavourites

Жыл бұрын

I beg to differ. It works both ways

I think I would fly from North Carolina just to see that boat go out.

@shanidar

4 жыл бұрын

If it ever made it out...

There’s one in every marina 🙈

My God! The owner should have stopped them from leaving at the point he hit the other boat for the first time.

People think a boat is like driving a sports car! They don't realize it 30 feet long and a few tons! You gotta drive them like an 18 wheeler ! That does include wind and waves!

@timgreen4137

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Jefferies But the was no wind and no waves, or current.

Someone lied about how much experience they had. They're probably looking for the brake pedal...

You guy's are going to wind up on a deserted island somewhere, when it was only supposed to be a 3 hr tour.

@philgray1023

4 жыл бұрын

A three hour tour...

No reverse on that I guess

Wait for the sailing school, they don't pay attention should have been Wait for the sailing school and see if you can get an application.

I used to sail out of Dock C on a friend's boat. Thank God these munchkins weren't around .

This is why I think a proper Navigational education should be mandatory passed a certain boat size. I own a 33' sailboat and a 47' power boat , and nobody asked me anything when I purchased them and insured them. Only regular driving license for car is needed. I came from France where you can't sail any kind of boat past a certain power or size without having a specific license that is not that easy to get. This skipper might be used to power boat (or not) and doesn't realize that maneuvering a sailboat is a completely different story . Understanding the prop woke and the physics of a hull as well as inertia is key is this case. Speed is not a friend and can have the opposite effect of what is desired. The prop woke can be reduced at minimum backing speed but the effect of a rudder to steer the boat baking with too much power is close to zero and the prop woke is affecting even more. Anyway I feel sorry for him, and his crew was probably not educated to help either. Thank you for sharing, it helps to educate people on what not to do and consider that a boat is evolving on a moving surface, people have a tendency to forget it.

That's one way to meet neighbors.

@MrJuvefrank

4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like an unpleasant way at that.

Did they forgot to switch off the autopilot? It seams like.... beginners. ;-)

it is possible the boat has a stuck throttle and shes just not used to diagnosing malfunction.. but i dought it.. young inexperienced driver...

Hey everyone has a few bumps in the beginning