How to Sail a Sailboat : How to Safely Leave a Marina in a Sailboat

Learn how to safely and correctly leave a marina in a sailboat with expert boating tips in this free video clip on sailing.

Expert: Kelli Gant, Steve Damm, Ed Polkenhorn
Bio: Steve Damm has raced in the America's Cup, round the world races and won Olympic gold medals. He now teaches beginning sailing.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• extreme
• sports
• sailing
• ships
• sailboats
• racing
• knots
• wind
• waves
• ocean
• water

[Whack78]

Argg... all the nautical terms make it sound way more complicated than it is: "stow the fenders" = "put the plastic bumper thingies away"

[youpick4me]

How does a sailboat come out of dock if there is no motor?

[epicaepicaimmax]

 You push it.

[sorrycharly5750]

lol she ment under powner not underway underway means not tied up!

Damn thats one nice boat.

[welshpete12]

Interesting how true she sailed astern with one prop, wish mine did !

[aclsalrfp]

Rule 34(g):

When a power-driven vessel is leaving a dock or berth, she shall sound one prolonged blast.

An "expert" should know the "rules of the road".

[aclsalrfp]

So much for rule 34 G.

[thesaint252]

Her accent is annoying as hell. This is what happens when mainlanders get a little to much money and decide they want to speak like a coasty and hang around the docks.

[vudapt]

Skipper is coming back to same dock. So it makes sense to leave lines that are already set to cleat to leave on the dock. Iam sure skip has another set of mooring lines down below.

[vudapt]

every boat backs different-depending on rotation of prop size of rudder and keel configuration. This video is for a few select sailboats that arent usually made for the ocean. Please dont think this is how your boat reacts backing. Proabably you will be in for a big surprise.

[mojosmadness1]

hello guyz im looking for a sailboat with no moter small enough for 1 person to use but big enough to have a steering wheel thing is there such thing if so plz tell and if it looks liek a schooner or an classic pirate boat that would be great thx guyz

[BorkCubed]

To leave dock with no motor you need to get the boat head to wind on the side of the dock that has the best shot of the wind pushing you away. At this point you raise the sails with the sheets out so they are luffing.

Once you are ready you have a crew member uncleat the boat and give it a starting push/pull so you have some steerage and then sheet in the sails to add power.

It requires planning ahead and if you don't do it carefully you can't "turn off the power" and bad things can happen.