How To Dock Your Boat In The Wind (By Yourself)

Pretty slick thanks for the good advice.

I really like the challenge of docking or putting the boat on the trailer in adverse conditions. BTW- beautiful boat you have!

15 to 20mph winds???? White caps star at 13kts You lie.

this is a great video

One of the best instructional videos I've seen. Simple and effective. Good job!

Excellent video. Thank you. I'm getting ready for a trip down to the FL Keys and want to dock smoothly. I was a bit concerned on currents and wind. My wife is a good first mate but I like to handle it so if something goes wonky, it's on me. Don't be that guy yelling at your girl when you screw up guys!
The double line off the bow is money!! Again, thank you.

High wind? Due to lack of chop, it appears tide is pushing his boat, not "high" wind. Also, he's operating a "V" hull which reduces the vessel's leeway. I'd like to see him docking like that with a tri-hull pontoon in wind-driven chop, on a rising/falling coastal tide, with a wind vector diagonal to the dock.

When the Captain says, "sharp turn to get the motor turning over", he actually means sharp turn of the wheel to starboard (clockwise) which turns the engine's propeller facing towards the dock and then bump it into reverse which brings the stern into the dock thus bringing the bow away from the dock. This stern thrust is key to turning the boat parallel to the side of the dock. I just wanted to clear things up...no disrespect to the Captain.

Could you do docking under similar conditions but ending with the boat facing the other way?

How do you load boat without getting wet ?

Hardly windy

That's not really going to work with my little jon boat. I would have to secure the bow in the stern cleats pn the dock along with the stern rope too so it wouldn't drift on me. Thanks anyway

Start the boat before pushing off the dock

Luke, really enjoy your videos at Salt Strong. I am a relatively new boater and have a shallow bay boat similar to your Pathfinder.
As you know in Florida the water can start getting choppy quickly as afternoon storms start building and we are heading in.
Would really appreciate a video of handling a moderate chop in a bay boat, speed, trim , throttle control upwind/downwind etc.,

What if you have no dock at the ramp?

Great video but why no fenders?

Excelente video. Extremely helpful. Thanks for talking the time to make it !!!

Only been boating 4 years and i find myself in these docking conditions more often than not except i usually find that the neighboring slip has a boat and have to back boat in. Oddly i like the challenge but is an adventure.

I never thought about two long lines. Great idea!

you call that windy, LMAO

It's only "super easy" after you "mastered" it...after many failed attempts....like walking. I'm a new boater and what I'm doing is educating myself as much as possible, and videos like this help...but we have to get out there. And if you see a rookie...help them out. Why not?

Good video, but on boats there are LINES not ropes. You aren't roping any cattle on a boat.

I didn’t see a hard cross wind

Wind? Let's see how it's done with a real, not pretend wind.

Love the “imagined doc” 5 feet over! Using the boats energy against it!

Got my first pontoon.. learning also

Great video. Would you go down to the boat ramps in Florida ( I watch Miami Boat Ramps) and show these people how to do it.
My only question is, we in Australia generally use one continuous line tied to the bow and then down at the stern, why 2 separate lines, there is always chance these boaters could drop one line, then off goes the stern or bow. Why don't Americans use the one line system.

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Just picked up my first boat ever... so I'm watching and learning... so I dont look like a fool my first time out 😄

Nice video. Very clear. Gonna try the rope next time. Cheers.

The trick is to steer and throttle into the dock. The rope technique is great if you can get that far into the process.

Thanks

Great video, you even talked about pushing it off…. Most would not.

This looks like a calm wind in Oklahoma. Regardless, good instructions!

Not certain, but on the difficult approach side, looks like you must have reversed as the final move to bring the stern around parallel to the dock? I don't think this was really clear in the video.

Great demonstration. Please add docking in consideration for tides

Can you steer the boat when it is in idle?

nailed it

Try doing that when there’s another boat in the dock next to you . . .

Ropes on a boat???

Why not use your Talon.

The docking is great.

The tie down - what type of cleat hitch or knot was that?

Also, shouldn't your dock line be as long as your boat so you don't have to tie two lines together?

You made that look so easy. Nice job.

Great video. Thank you

All this structure?? How about a half cab?

thats a wicked boat ... love the tower

Great video tutorial! I see this issue about as much as launching and trailering the vessel 🎣🌴

Looking at water, the trees on shore & your hair barely fluttering, I would say this occurred in minimal wind. All good instruction, but I would love to see you do this in 20kt wind.