Docking & Maneuvering for Cruising Sailboats
with Lisa and Andy Batchelor | Kinetic Sailing

In this online class, discover why sailboats behave the way they do, learn essential maneuvering skills, and understand how to adapt to variable conditions so you can dock with confidence.

90 Minutes English Unlimited Access

Have you ever spoiled a perfectly good sailing day by worrying about docking afterward? In this online class Captains Lisa & Andy Batchelor, writers of American Sailing’s Docking and Maneuvering Made Easy textbook, cover all the factors that affect sailboat maneuverability and docking. From basic principles to specific docking scenarios for both sailing monohulls and catamarans.

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Online class overview

Discover how a sailboat’s characteristics affect maneuverability under power, and how you can use those features to your advantage. Assess the local variable conditions to decide upon and communicate a plan of action. You will learn how to use spring lines and transits to counter the effects of wind and current. Andy and Lisa will explore several techniques to overcome mooring and docking challenges and discuss best practices for common and tricky situations.

Who is this class for?

This online class is suitable for all levels of sailors who’d like to improve their understanding and skills to maneuver and dock a sailboat under power. It is an excellent complement to the ASA 118 Docking course.

List of topics:

  • Vessel features affecting maneuverability
  • Using prop wash, prop walk, prop blast
  • Impact of shaft drive vs saildrive on maneuvering
  • Single or twin rudder monohulls
  • Monohulls and catamarans
  • Effects of wind & current
  • Using transits to hold a course or station
  • Using dock lines, fenders, boat hooks
  • Practice drills: dockside, open water, limited space, close quarters
  • Docks: departing and arriving
  • Mediterranean mooring
  • Short-handed docking
  • Docking with a failed engine

Your Instructors

CAPTAINS ANDY & LISA BATCHELOR FRAILEY

Sail Solomons ASA School & Charter Base, Founders

Captains Andy Batchelor and Lisa Batchelor Frailey are both lifelong sailors and retired military officers. Andy served in the Royal Air Force in aviation and intelligence, and Lisa served in the US Navy in aviation, meteorology and oceanography – a combination of skills that have proven very useful to sailing and passagemaking.

They founded and operated Sail Solomons ASA school and charter base, receiving numerous awards for ASA Outstanding School and Outstanding Instructors. Andy and Lisa are the writers of five ASA textbooks.

Cruising for seven years onboard their Passport 47 ZINGARO and Outbound 46 KINETIC, Andy and Lisa have made numerous coastal passages and ocean voyages, conducting cruising and passagemaking training while living aboard in exotic locations. They have conducted instructional passages on many makes and models of cruising and performance catamarans. They also organize and lead sailing flotillas on catamarans and monohulls in the Caribbean. Andy and Lisa are regular speakers at Cruisers’ University and present many live and virtual seminars.

Andy and Lisa launched Kinetic Sailing to offer marine consulting, charter brokerage, instructional yacht deliveries and tailored instruction with a global scope. They are USCG Captains, ASA Master Instructors, cruisers, racers, analysts and business owners with a wealth of experience in the sailing industry.