In my younger days, a huge mahogany sailing yacht, no engine, came gliding up to the mooring. Everything calm onboard. Forward sails came down and belayed. Everything calm on board. Main came down and belayed on the boom. Everything calm onboard, boat silently gliding through the water. One of the crew slowly walking the foredeck, preparing some rope. Everything calm onboard. Slowly the yacht turns into the wind before the buoy coming to a complete stop. Crew bowing down and CLICK carabiner in situ! That helmsman for sure knew his boat and calculated the wind!

@NautilusSailing

15 күн бұрын

Wow, that's impressive to witness. We've seen that too and it's awesome.

Just finished watching your learn how to sail playlist. Really informative! I can't wait to apply these skills to my own boat very soon.

really enjoying your series of videos, keep up the good work!

Great series! Thanks for putting it together. Loved the sea lions coming over to play in your video. One way we do it on the dive boat is start by having a line attached on one cleat and the other end in-hand. When we approach the mooring we toss the line upwind of the mooring ball and lock the lose end of the line to the opposite cleat. As the boat slowly drifts back the line will catch the underside of the mooring ball and give you a TEMPORARY hold. Now you can take your time setting up your mooring bridle using your boat hook. Once that's done, release the temporary bridle from your cleat and pull the other end back on the boat. No stress!

This gives me some confidence! Never picked up a mooring ball yet.

What a great series! I’m newly interested in sailing at 53 years old and am trying to learn as much online as I can before signing up for a proper sailing course.

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Glad you are getting excited about sailing... Watching videos like this and doing some research and learning ahead of time, definitely helps when it comes time to do the practical skills in a sailing course. You are at a great stage in life to discover sailing :)

This is a good channel.

Thank You :)

awesome tutorials! thank you for making me better at sailing!

@NautilusSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Great video. I just bought a Hunter 30 at your marina. I learned to sail out of Sandpoint back in 1990. My favorite adventures were on Pend Orielle. Moving my boat to Cda Lake where I bought a slip but I would have rather stayed at Bayview. Thanks for sharing your spring adventure.

@NautilusSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Great tutorial and tips. Taking my first sailing instructions this May in Split, Croatia. Looking forward to the next video!

@NautilusSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck! We love Croatia and will hold courses there this summer and fall

I really appreciate these videos. I am new to sailing at the age of 33. I have learned a wealth of knowledge from these series. One thing that scares me most is docking. If you can post more content on docking I would very much appreciate it as this seems to get my heart rate up most.

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Justin... Yeah, docking should make you nervous! It's easy to cause a lot of damage to a boat when docking, and something you really want to practice. We always recommend practicing in calm conditions on a dock with lots of space, and slowly working your way up to entering narrow docks, with more wind, and other boats around. We will definitely keep your suggestion in mind and see if we can make some other docking videos! Thanks...

Great vid will be using a double bridle when I go out next looks stress free compared to how I was shown.

@NautilusSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

SO GOOD filming all this with a drone. Really great work guys.

@NautilusSailing

7 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

Wow, this is the best video on swinging mooring. Complete instructions, best footage from all angles, nothing forgotten. Great job, looking forward to watch the other videos!

@NautilusSailing

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you, very good pointers and tips! @ 5:15 it would be helpful to see how to actually tie on your two lines to the ball or painter.

@NautilusSailing

Жыл бұрын

Good idea Andy! We will try to show that in the next round of videos that we are currently working on.

I started sailing again after a many year hiatus. I am now at a slip. Years ago I had a mooring and then like now, I mostly solo sailed. When I motored back to the mooring I actually reversed into the wind towards the mooring. That way I would put the motor in neutral when close and glide backwards to the mooring so I could pick it up from the cockpit. I would then put one line through the mooring bridle and walk the line to the bow where I would tie it off. I did use a second line if I was leaving the boat overnight. Was this technique appropriate or am I missing something where I should have known better? BTW, your videos are outstanding since I

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

Mike, that's our favorite way of picking up a mooring single handed! We should make a video on that, as there are lots of single handlers out there. Glad you are enjoying the videos!

@GregFrucci

3 жыл бұрын

@@NautilusSailing Please do make that vid! I am "in the same boat" as mikechro58...almost exactly. I single handed from Wilmington to Bermuda and back 10 years ago...sold my boat in 2013 (an Irwin 30...laugh all you want about a "coastal cruiser" not designed to do what I did, I did it anyway) and I now I have a Beneteau 393 under contract where I will be mostly sailing that single-handed. BTW, I love your videos...they are assisting me in process of getting back into sailing in a wonderful way through re-creating my passion for being out there. Peace to you and thank you.

@NautilusSailing

3 жыл бұрын

@@GregFrucci Thanks for the note Greg! So glad you are liking the videos.... We may need to make a mini series on tricks and techniques for solo sailors :) Those older monohulls were built solid and were great blue water boats! Congrats on the new Beneteau 393. Hope you have lots of fantastic adventures with her!

Another really useful video, explained very clearly. Just one question, for a single handed craft, what difference in technique, if any, would you suggest?

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

Hey George... Great question. We are hoping to make a single handed mooring pickup video later this year, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, if winds are lighter and you have good boat control skills, you can lock off your helm and glide into the mooring. This is not easy! Another popular way is to back in to a mooring ball, and have a loooong line run from the bow cleat back to the stern of the boat. When the pennant is by the stern, lock off the helm, put the mooring line throughand get it back up quickly to the bow. Good things to practice in light winds with lots of room around...

@todddunn945

Жыл бұрын

@@NautilusSailing I have done thousands of single handed mooring pickups. This is how I do it. - kzread.info/dash/bejne/kWZtycOaeM2wgKw.html

@NautilusSailing

Жыл бұрын

@@todddunn945 Thanks for sharing Todd! Single handed mooring pickups definitely take some practice...

Ok, perfect. Got that down. Now, how do I do this single-hand?

@NautilusSailing

2 жыл бұрын

We witnessed a lady go into a crowded mooring field, line up, pop it in neutral, walk forward with a boat hook, grabbed the ball, to the cleat, walk back and turn off her engine. Practice approaches, see how far you coast in the given conditions and you'll get it. Know your boat.

can you do the 15rpm thing on the ball?

@NautilusSailing

2 жыл бұрын

Great question. In theory, yes you could try reversing on a mooring ball to test. We usually like to swim down (when the water is warm!) and do a visual inspection to make sure all the lines are in good condition.

Wonder what the big 'thing' is swimming past at 40s in the r/h corner ?? Ok , seals..

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Crypto... Well spotted! Those are sea lions in the water :) We stop here to snorkel with them. They are incredibly playful creatures and come out to greet arriving boats.

What boat is that your on?

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tyler... Great question. She's a 2012 Jeanneau 439 Sun Odyssey, an AMAZING boat!

Perfect :) Where is it?

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

Don't tell too many people, as this is one of our favorite places to sail. It's the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. We sail out of La Paz, which is a couple hours away from Cabo San Lucas. A truly beautiful part of the world!

@PepaHrabak

4 жыл бұрын

@@NautilusSailing cool, maybe in the future ;)

What if your boat has no motor or it’s not functioning? This would be good to practice under sail.

@NautilusSailing

Жыл бұрын

Yes, in smaller boats, picking up a mooring ball under sail is great practice! Definitely not easy to do and takes some practice, so find a mooring ball with not many boats around...

@todddunn945

Жыл бұрын

@@NautilusSailing It is doable on a bigger boat. The trick is getting your speed right so the boat stops at the mooring. I do a few under sail pick ups on my 36 footer every year to keep in practice. What I do is come in under jib only. I control speed by furling the jib up in increments as I approach. When I am ready to make the final turn toward the mooring (you can't approach a mooring from directly down wind under sail) I furl the last bit of the jib up, turn toward the mooring and make the pickup normally. Note that although my wife may be on board, at 78 years old she does not help with mooring pickups so even an under sail pickup is a single handed pickup for me. Also, you can do it under main only, but you have to completely release the main sheet for the final approach or you will run the risk of the bow blowing off and the boat really powering up. Not a good thing when you are at the bow when you are single handing.

@NautilusSailing

Жыл бұрын

@@todddunn945 Yes! It is doable, but as winds pick up the angle into the wind has to be precise and controlling speed becomes key! Definitely a great skill to practice for solo sailors.

@kjellg6532

Ай бұрын

@@todddunn945 Or you sail up into the wind under mains. Loosen the sheets when you have passed the buoy, sails/drifts backwards as the bouy slides along the side and pick it up when it passes the helm. With a carabiner fixed to your pole, you can get a fix to the buoy in a split second, and simply drift off from there.

In this video, you are motoring to the mooring, not under sail. Could you do a video where you are actually sailing to the mooring?

@NautilusSailing

10 ай бұрын

That is definitely an idea, we've focused on the basics for this series. Very tricky, especially on larger boats. In higher winds it becomes quite difficult. In a nutshell, dropping your main and furling most of the genoa controlling the jib sheet to maintain a slow enough speed to steer, but not too slow as you'll lose your bow and get blown away from the ball. Close, reach & swing up to the ball while luffing the jib to slow.

Weird, I just come up alongside and cow-hitch the eye from the cockpit and walk it up to the bow then double up...

@NautilusSailing

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great way to do it if you are single handing. There are definitely easier ways to do it if you have multiple people onboard though :)

@riphaven

4 жыл бұрын

do a video on that. lot of people don't have a crew.

@NautilusSailing

4 жыл бұрын

@@riphaven Great idea! We will try and make one on how to pick up a mooring when single handing.

Never told how to actually hook the mooring

Our chances are slim to none.

@NautilusSailing

7 ай бұрын

Practice, practice, practice.