Sea Ray docking in high winds

The purpose of a flybridge on such boats is to allow you to steer on the open bridge and enjoy the sun when the weather is nice. Then people come up with the idea of ​​building a 'house' up there. This makes such boats much more sensitive to crosswinds.Why didn't he point the bow into the wind? Then he could have turned the other way.

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captain Chris talked me through boat handling and was a HUGE help on learning how to handle my 40'LOA fly bridge. I was so nervous but after talking to him through comments I was WAY more confident now its been 2 years and I can handle it really good in all conditions. THANK YOU CAPTAIN CHRIS

Capt. He has panic

And then, some days you just don't feel like dickin' around!

I need some lessons, how do I contact you? 🤔

These are not high winds but thanks for the video :)

I do better backing in than bow first. No thrusters and my boat is 15’ beam and my slip is 16’ wide. Most times never touch and I do not allow my guest to hang off the sides or go onto bow or swim platform. I do occasionally have to abort the first try when there’s a good cross wind. My slip is so tight once I’m in it couldn’t move if it tried too. I really don’t like for those on the dock to start pushing and grabbing the boat. Make the boat do the work. 90% of the time I’m by myself and you have to learn to handle without assistance. Had the same boat 20 years so I’ve pretty much dealt with all kind of situation at one time or another. Been lucky that I’ve never lost power on either engine at the wrong time.

Thank you captain Chris for your reply and in site to my question and comment.
I to may have taken the seconsd approch in this manner. I have herd comments to stern in verses bow in. I like seeing the water and sun at times verses the dock of people.

Safe travels

Captain Chris,
in the video at the 50 sec. mark. It shows the captain with the wind at port and attemting a stern approch. To do so would it not be better to point the bow to port and attemt a stern in docking?
This way the wind would push the boat straight and he could reverse both engines in to slip?

Thanks for your input

Great commentary as usual. Thanks Chris.

Geeeeeeez and l thought backing in my tractor trailer was hard, the wind speed definitely can be your friend or your enemy when backing in your boat, lm going to by a boat someday before l die, but l will definitely be taking lessons, watching a video and doing it live are two different animals, but great video,TY🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

I prefer to bow in, I like my deck on the water side so when I sit on the back it is water i see and not deck and people.

I don’t understand why one would dock downwind when, you dock upwind you have more control? I would have sailed pass the berth and dock upwind stern first in this situation?

I’m moving up from a 25’ single engine to a 38 twin fly bridge with NO thrusters, the deal is done but having some anxiety about docking. I had no worries docking in any condition with my smaller cabin cruiser but I’ll be on fly bridge and won’t be able to grab pilings. I have a few skid loaders I own and I’m told it will be about the same with twin engines as far as steering- minus the wind and current 🤦🏻‍♂️.
High anxiety starts now and boat isn’t even in the water yet.

bow should be into the wind

Y donde ven el hugh wind😂😂😂😂

what a motor mouth....

He should have held his bow up into the wind more on his approach to backing in. He could have edged his stern in to get it out of the wind and controlled the bow with thruster.

What happened to backing into the wind?

Give the captain a 10!

Doesn't that boat have two engines so it can maneuver pretty easily?

Dock hands ? Not in the UK.

A good captain knows his limitations. Too many try to throttle out of a situation and that's when deductibles start to get met.

Maybe get up and help

nice boat 👍🏼

Backing in would have been easier, just needed a shot on the bow thruster.

Just my opinion but........go past the slip,turn around and come into the wind and back in. More control when into the wind or current

Excellent decision making! I'd let that skipper take over my helm any day!

Nice commentary, interesting.

glad we had experts narrating

I disagree on letting the wind take control. I rather balance the stern first and swing the bow up the wind to align the boat and then back it to the slip decisively. Maybe is not so easy with these boats but for the catamaran is the best way

He could have had it first time approaching into the wind and he had an option to do just that. This Sea Ray is highly maneuverable, too.

WRONG
Always approach the dock into the wind, or current.

Never approach from up wind. His first attempt was all wrong blowing sideways losing control. Second attempt he came from down wind, going into the wind under control and into the slip the correct way. Bow first or stern first the same applies.

Always use the wind to your favor when you can. He was smart to do what he did when he was backing in and saw he was off a little no need to rush and make a mistake you can always pull away and redo the setup and try again thats what I was taught to do.