Ep 16: Ridicarea unei geamanduri de acostare

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1. Looks like Plumper Cove! 🙂

2. Great overview video Marco. Well explained, good quality video and graphics. Love the tip on a lay line. We will definitely be adding it to our mooring ball routine. Thanks again!

3. Running the line through the eye then back to the opposite side of the bow virtually assures that the line will chafe. If brought back to the same cleat or side the chances of chafe become almost nil. Since you are rigging a second line anyway, deploy it on the other side. There are then two working lines, neither of which rub back and forth on the ring.

4. We’ve had a lot of success in very high winds, by backing the stern quarter (carefully!) into the buoy, and then catching it from the cockpit using the same technique you showed for singlehanding. Doing it that way, the bow can’t blow off as soon as you lose way. The helms person can hold the stern on station for quite a lot longer in the wind without being blown off.

5. Couldn't you make fast the lazy line and slip both through the ring together?

6. Start @5:14 'capturing mooring buoys'
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7. Wondering if there is an easy (and fast) way to thread both lines through the buoy hook at the same time and still concentrate on just getting the first one secured to hold the boat in position before securing the second?

8. I always put the mooring line through the eye twice as this reduces abrasion. More recently I have been using a mooring line made up with a short length of chain (~2m) with the warps spliced to each end. This eliminates any chafe at the buoy end. I still use a safety line as well though!

   As our bow is quite high we have been experimenting with backing up the boat to access the buoy from our sugar scoop/bathing platform. This makes threading the line through very easy. But we need more practice in strong wind and tide as it can be a test to get the buoy back to the bow position.

9. can you explain the need and use for shackle in addition to metal reinforced eyelet? Thank you. Drew

10. Thank you so much Capitain!! Love your channel which is important knowledge I need as a beginner! Your tech if is straightforward, easy to understand. The graft made everything so much clearer!
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11. Man it is so more easy with the chained-out buoys. I regularly break my back when trying to reach down the buoy eye and pass my line into it espically in clappy waters and moderate wing. I have often wondered by port-athorities could not install more sailboat friendly buoys like the one shown here. Or at least get buoys with elevated eye.

12. Thanks for making these videos. Can I ask why you didn't thread the lazy line through the ring when you pulled the chain up the first time?

13. Thank you for sharing, very helpful. Any hints on the length of lines required, especially to.minimisr getting the mooring line around your keel?

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