How to dock a sailing boat without a bow thruster?

Watch this video to see how we docked our sailing yacht on a windy day and on a windless day without a bow thruster and not helped by our prop kick.
We are 'outwiththewind' sailing around the world above our beloved sailing vessel Mehalah, an Oyster Mariner 35.
Last November we launched after 11 months in the boatyard, but no long after we had to run from bad weather and dock Mehalah in a marina. Always an exciting moment! But all is good when it finishes well.
For Xmas, we decided that we cannot be too far from America's Cup competition, so we docked our sailing yacht at Westhaven Marina in Auckland, the biggest marina in the Southern Hemisphere. This time we decided to dock on a windless day. Nailed it!
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