BOAT HANDLING
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approach, keep reducing the
Pics 7-10: With
power in the main until the
the main de-
crew is close enough to pick
powered and
having settled
up the buoy (Pic 8) – and there
on our line
you have it. Pic 9
of approach,
If you undershoot, bear
we can close
away, simply run down wind gently on the
and have another go. It takes
mooring buoy.
practice to get the feel of how 9
much power you need and
how much your boat carries
way through the water. If you buoy up amidships or by the
overshoot, carry on until it’s cockpit – where the freeboard
safe to bear away and run is least – is another option.
downwind without the tide Here lassoing the buoy might
driving you into the buoy. be the easiest method. Pic 10
If your boat has very high In this case we would
freeboard or you’re sailing aim to come alongside the
singlehanded, then picking the
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buoy. Pic 11
SKIPPER SKILLS SKIPPER SKILLS SKIPPER SKILLS
Under Headsail – wind on or abaft the beam
SKIPPER SKILLS SKIPPER
winds, leave the headsail as it up with a lasso or, if the buoy sideways and then bring it back
is and de-power by letting the has a pick-up float and pendant again almost immediately and
sheets fly. Be careful though; a (the thick line with spliced loop the speed will be reduced in
flailing clew is dangerous. When that we drag on board and an instant.
we say let the sheets ‘fly’, it attach to a cleat), we could use Well, that’s sailing onto a
means let them off so there’s no a boathook. Pic 14 & 15 mooring ... but if you know a
tension, but aways keep them If at any time the boat is better way, please don’t hesitate
safe with a couple of turns on going too fast, speed can be to tell us. ■
a winch – and figure of eight lost by ‘tripping’ the boat, by
stopper knots to prevent them positioning the keel sideways
running through the blocks. across the tide. Put the helm Pic 15: The pendant is round
Again, we can pick the buoy hard over to turn the boat the cleat and we’re moored.
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