Luxury Super Yacht Docking in High Winds (Captain's Vlog 104)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Motor Yacht Blade docking in Bonifacio, with winds exceeding 25 knots on the beam. 3 dock master boats push from the starboard side, they drop their port anchor and start manoeuvring into the berth.
Great team effort and a safe dockage.
Captain Tristan Mortlock is an award winning Super Yacht Captain with over 15 years experience. He started his yachting career in his teens and now runs one of the most successful charter yachts in the world. Tristan is currently serving on Motor Yacht AWOL, a San Lorenzo SD122, built in 2009. AWOL is a multi award winning yacht and her crew take a lot of pride in their work.
Captain's Vlog is about educating interested parties on what happens onboard a Mega Yacht, Super Yacht and the yachting industry. To share the life of yacht crew and life at sea. The BIG shipyard refits, paint jobs and marine engineering works. To travel some of the worlds most beautiful destinations.
The first owner of the Super Yacht AWOL was non other than Mr Piero Ferrari himself. The wheel house still contains the original Captain's chair with the Ferrari emblem.
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Nicely done, work with the wind and not against it is what I always say, same goes for the tide!
If you’ve not done this, you won’t know how impressive this is. Excellent job. Perfectly done. I hope to get to this level soon.
parking a car in tight space already stresses me, imagine docking a luxury yacht with high winds! great vid and job well done for the crew.
I have a Sealine SC35. I know how the wind is a big factor, on approaching our Jetty, we were stationary as I checked the bow thruster and forward and reverse for both engines. The wind got me the bow was blown to starboard, I applied bow thrusters but with no affect I had to do a 360 and start again. I have just found your youtube channel and get engrossed in your vids and really appreciate the quality of your channel. Thank you
Thank you for this video, very, very interesting content. It was a amazing docking and
greetings from Croatia 👍
Blade is very pretty, and currently listed at 8.5m Euro. Interesting to see what life is out with new jet / pod drives vs traditional props and a deep keel. I go for the Keel every day.
Gotta get Aquaholic out to tour the Blade for us. Great looking boat.
aethertech an aquaholic tour would be brilliant!
Well done awsome Job
Very good narration, fascinating to watch and listen to whats happening here!
The low draft on Blade with the turbine was a great point and set this off to showcase an awesome docking! I was frozen just watching from land!
Great skills displayed by everyone.
Great video. Nice to see others captains and crews doing the same job as good as yourselves. Gives good comparision. Keep up the good job. Also good team work on AWOL .
Thats an extraordinary looking yacht.
WOW! That was freaking crazy! Great job to the Captain and all crew!!
Wow...captain earned his pay..now it's Miller time...👍👍
i agree, someone needs to buy that Captain a drink.
Fantastic job. Holding my breath for both boats!
So awesome Tristan thank you for video...
FANTASTIC JOB CAPTAIN, VERY STRESSFUL‼️👍👍⛴⛴. Vinny 🇺🇸
Very interesting & has to be intense for both captains.
Great teamwork all around.
Nice Docking- A very special boat. Wish you and the Crew a beautiful weekend, Best wishes from Norway
Thank you. Eezy peezy🌎👍
Wow that was amazing.
Amazing docking!
Yet another truly professional job done. If ever I become a very rich man I would want you to captain my super yacht.
That intro is super long my man. I was waiting forever lol.
New Otam 85 GTS to port as well. That is nice! As is Zulu!
Very impressive!
Love your channel and vlogs Tristan! I've just started watching videos about luxury super yachts and happened across your channel. Whenever I've just watched one of your vlogs I feel as though I've been on holiday :-) Cheers! PS..you've got my sub
Good job team .
Job well done 👍
Man that is allot of chrome to polish on that yacht.
Like an Expresso machine!....
@SYC: You hit the nail on the head with the phrase "momentum". If you let it stall it goes sideways like a rocket and to cure that you have to go forwards or astern. Usually at that point you don't have the room to make those sort of manoeuvres!
Just one thought, only from my own Med experience on 12m yacht mooring, if you come in at that angle to the dropped anchor and let the anchor cable tighten doesn't it ping the bow to the anchor (port in that case) and conversely flick (if you can "flick" 40 tonnes?)' the stern to starboard? I know there's numerous pivot points depending on where the "energy" is put into the vessel.
Great videos of life in larger vessels. I'll stick to the Solent - damn it's still raining here....
this is why i subbed :) cheers Tristan, great content
Learnt something tonight.
that boat is one sexy beast! good job to the other captain
Cool video and Blade is still looking awesome even if the years have passed. In my eyes it is a very nice "cheaper" version of Wally yachts haha.
How do they retrieve their anchor while remaining in the slip?
Impressive : )
Hoooooooly shit!! That was an incredible job by both crews.. you have to be next level skill to drop in like that! Kudos to all there
Squeaky bum with a side order of hairy Mary! Super cool vid.
I’d like to see a tore of that boat
Love to sail in 25 knots (San Francisco) ------ but as for docking in that wind, beam too with no keel no less ......... um no thank you!!
It took BOTH captains and crews to protect both boats during that maneuver. That was not the time for AWOL to be secured with crew ashore.
So, do the docked vessels get some sort of heads up as to an incoming yacht docking next to you?
When he was backing down do you think he was port engine one notch forward and then backing it down with starboard engine back (more than the notch)? Just curious
I see one of those AWOL baseball caps in the background. Absolutely love. Do you all sell those?
Wow she's absolutely beautiful! Pity for the water jets which I am not a fan of
Not related to the docking skills.... However two quick questions,
Being green is a good thing... how do these yachts deal with Black and grey waste ?
Also what medical training and evacuation plans have to be in place with you going to so many countries ? Coast Guard requirements ?
25kn winds? Where are all the whitecaps and the fender flapping?
What is that blue yacht brand??
looks more like a ferry than a super yacht, I would rather have AWOL
Actually dont like either ....
Thank god Blade wasn't captained by this one youtuber captain, what was his name again? I'm just kidding mate! Boats can be polished, the ego on the other hand... Willing to share a bit of "sailor's yarn"; wen't out with a lady friend on a brezzy day (first mistake; I felt pressured). When we got back in the harbour I was cought by a breeze and instead of mooring "roman-cathlic" I came along sideways. Ran forward to the mooring-lines (this obviously could take some time on a 80 footer - this is were the story drifts towards the sailor's yarn; actually it's just a 60 footer), didn't have my gloves on; tried to push the bow away from the dock; another breeze cought the bow; had no chance; cut my hands open. Marineros finally pushed the bow away from the dock; tidied up. Everybody was watching. Didn't moor my lady friend "roman cathlic" either.
Was your 10,000 donation to charity if you hit 100,000 subscribers just a scam to get people to subscribe? Seems like it!
That captain made something really hard look so easy and effortless ...
Crew: captain! We have wind gusting at 25 knts! We have very shallow draft!! The wind is in the driver seat now!!! Our berthing spot is tight between super yachts 9n both sides!!!!
Captain: hold my beer :)
Another great video, Capt! All hands on deck all the time! Great play-by-play. That Capt made it look easy! Job well done to everyone.
It's one of your most hated things.... WIND!
I am still amazed at the skill of these captains
I am about to launch my new purchase of a 30-ft boat, and I'm scared to death
Keep these videos coming it relaxes me 🧜♂️
30ft boat way harder. Doubt you have thrusters or a herd of dingys that came with the boat.
@@chrisvr6 That's a fair point. My family had a 20 foot deck boat. Man, on some days, what I would have given for twin screws, a bow thruster, and and an extra few feet of draft!
If u don’t have all the luxury stuff u jus use different methods that acc suit the boat
@@chrisvr6 I am very lucky I do have a bow thrusrer 👍
Make videos on your boat
I see AWOL is up for sale.? I trust the Owner is buying a New one?
So young ... yet so seasoned! I enjoy your presentations. There's a welcome vitality that offers up a picture of adventure for old guys like myself. Keep up the good work Cap'n!
Damn!!! That was nerve racking for ME……I can’t imagine what it felt like for the crews and captains. Beau7, beautiful job!!!!
Hello Tristan, just wanted to say that you're doing a great vlog. I'm really enjoying watching your show, keep up the great work.
Greeeeeat job captain. Awesome crew. 👍👍👍👍.
Another great video.
Extremely interesting and very rare to see it, apart from the great explanation.
Congratulations and many thanks!
Whew...ok, I was holding my breath. Bravo!
Love seeing these exclusive views! Thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work!
Very interesting, keep up the good work. Very beautiful and interesting looking yacht.
Here we are again dreaming of the super yacht captain's live!
Well done. Obviously an experienced captain showing how it's done.
Yep, the captain did an excellent job 👍
Was very impressed with the way the capt of Blade stuck to his plan and reversed in with plenty of momentum . It would have been super tempting to back off too soon to not hit the dock but he would have slide straight into AWOL only half in his spot!. Also very smart to drop his anchor up wind temporarily to help with control of the bow. He has obviously dealt with this nightmare of a yacht to maneuver before!
Cheers Warren
Long ago I saw a veteran long-keel yacht, about 50ft, turn into the very tight Groves & Gutteridge marina in Cowes in a howling wind. At the wheel was a rather old man, jn his 80s and hunched over with arthritis. On the bow was an equally old woman. Despite the wind, and watched by numerous anxious bystanders, he steadily gunned the engine in ahead, then spun the wheel, then gunned in astern, etc. etc. and the vessel, with its very long bowsprit, gentle rotated and elegantly moved into the berth. All the time the wjnd was howling and gusting, making all the halyards clack clack against the masts. As it came to a stop, still not touching the pontoon, the woman politely passed the bow mooring warp to someone on the dock. Gobsmacking.
is this that Italian millionaires boat where they made the video dancing with all those women.
Nice bit of docking by all involved. Why aren’t there any whitecaps on the water at 20-25 knots? We get them here beginning to form at 15 knots and like a field of cotton over 20 knots.
Seems like they'd have something similar to a drop keel or daggerboard to just put down for mooring in windy places like that. Either way though, great job to the captain and thanks for posting.
Absolutely enjoyed it
Well done the captain and crew
the narrative was excellent and comprehensive
thank you for sharing such video with us it adds to the learning curve.
looking forward for more
keep them coming please.
tristan perfect video. especially about maintaining momentum against the wind.
How do you retrieve the port anchor after docking (which the commentary implies you do)? If you don’t, how does another vessel to starboard depart before the yacht “Blade”? I assume “Blade” dips the chain after docking and raises the anchor on departing?
Would that other captain have caused that damage on your ship as seen in your previous video?
thank you for the video. A really impressive demonstration of superlative boat handling skills
Surely 20-25 knots cannot reasonably be described as high wind conditions?
I have steered a number of boats in wind conditions like this. It is a nightmare because you are relying on others to do their jobs correctly and not just yourself.
Buy a $100,000,000 yacht and get packed in port tighter than a tin of sardines
Was 3 times in bonifacio and the port assistants where outstanding each time.
Who was the fat shirtless guy on AWOL’s deck?
When owners wonder if they are overpaying their captains, watch this video.
I wonder how seaworthy BLADE is...
That is a beautiful looking vessel.
Blowing huli….?
fantastic work. great video
Simple i see video i click and watch
How to use a $10,000,000 bump stop
Will you be showing this video to the captain of the other yacht? Nicely done!
What is that boat?
hi
Amazing! I would have probably had a seizure or a stroke if I was that captain.
Yep, certainly a lot of pressure.
Geepers Mother Nature plays no games, just goes to show the boat is never secure until wall the lines are tight and the vessel is tied up
Nice
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Brilliant teamwork there...well done all....👍👍great channel BTW. .all the best captain..and crew..
Thank you again. My Bristol 38.8 was my largest and last. I got to witness a 75 Ft Catch in Plymouth Harbor (Massachusetts) depart in a full force gale, Walter Cronkite's "Explorer" was docked a few slips away. I stayed in my slip and rented a car to get back to work in Boston. You professionals never cease to amaze me. Again, thanks for the heart stopping docking. (I still know you are not fond of Sailors who do not know who has right of way, IT WORKS BOTH WAYS you know).
S/Y Blade is a funny little thing... propelled by two CAT 32 engines with 1850 hp each for a cruising speed of 12 kn...and if there is a need for speed a Gas Turbine providing another 6100hp... that is said to be sufficient for close to 40kn! Shes got three jets. Love this Toy ;-)
That's why you're on the big money. :-)