Helping people at the pontoon.

[Elessar]

I watched a small sports boat trying to berth in Bucklers hard last week. The helm had absolutely no concept of "steer before gear" or needing power on an outdrive to change direction. On his third approach still doing about 3 knots and at 45 degrees to the finger, a passenger managed a spectacular leap of about 6 feet, fortunately landing on the finger, closely followed by the helm doing a similar leap having decided to desert the steering gear and throttle in favour of mooring lines too - leaving 2 other bemused crew stood on the bathing platform.. A short while later they "assisted and advised" a sailing boat coming in alongside the other side of the finger which was almost as entertaining to watch.

and where was your camera! Yes of cause it's not exclusively yotties, but it does tend to be. You can tell someone poor at handling a mobo because he goes way too fast, your description is classic.

 

[l'escargot]

and where was your camera! Yes of cause it's not exclusively yotties, but it does tend to be. You can tell someone poor at handling a mobo because he goes way too fast, your description is classic.

I did think of filming it but thought it rather unkind. I did also think of walking round and taking a line but I was near the end of the row, this was happening near the end of the next row and as I thought came to a conclusion before I could have got there.

 

[Greenheart]

Let's look on the bright side. The OP's clip could have been any amount worse...reverse-parking furrin mobo-driver?

Worth sticking with it to hear the voice of official disapproval at the very end. :biggrin-new:

 

[IJL]

It gives you a warm glow to think that when you screw it up, (we all will at some point) there's someone filming it for youtube. Those of us did most of our screwing up before the internet can consider ourselves lucky.

The OP's clip reminds me of the pilots adage that any landing you can walk away from was a good one, pehaps the same applies to any mooring that leaves the gel coat intact

 

[Poignard]

It gives you a warm glow to think that when you screw it up, (we all will at some point) there's someone filming it for youtube. Those of us did most of our screwing up before the internet can consider ourselves lucky.

I think I'd get more enjoyment out of watching films of people shoving cameras down the throats of those who have filmed them.

 

[Rigger Mortice]

There's never anybody there, either watching or filming, when I make a textbook landing!

 

[Biggles Wader]

I see there is now another thread asking the same question.Must be the time of year for it.
Should we drift this one towards a what anchor discussion?:sleeping:

 

[Birdseye]

Shocking skippering job. Shocking crewing, too, just t throw the line ashore: the boat wasn't in a ready position for the line to be taken in.

The woman ashore did what you'd expect her to. The problem was created before she was thrown the line, and she had no way to salvage the situation other than to abandon the line, which would have left her open to blame.

I'm constantly surprised by skippers everywhere who seem to have no fine motor skills to place the boat stationary and parallel to the pontoon and let the lines be passed ashore rather than chucked to well-meaning but uncontrollable passers-by on a pontoon!

+1. didnt look as if the yacht had a howling gale up the chuff so it was moving way too fast. chap on the stern rope could have done better too.