Now, in much of Europe when med mooring, you must use dock hands to assist, but they're extremely well trained and helpful and know exactly what to do while also listening to you.
Great, I'll use them when I get there.
Now, in much of Europe when med mooring, you must use dock hands to assist, but they're extremely well trained and helpful and know exactly what to do while also listening to you.
Seen today in Haarlem a gaff rigged, leeboard of I guess 100t or thereabouts. They were poling it through a series of lifting and swinging bridges. For some they doused the main, then set it again using large cast iron winches. If they had an engine, they weren't using it.
Impressive.
About 11am but light winds for sure. You can see the main was helping a bit occasionally. They needed a fair bit of trust in the bridge operators to open in time as she would have taken a bit of stopping.
Plenty of locals were taking pics and videoing so not an everyday thing.
Above a certain size, and 100,000 lbs is a good line to draw, the boat will win any tug-of-war, not you or your crew. In fact, it starts to become dangerous to even attempt to man handle the boat.
Seen today in Haarlem a gaff rigged, leeboard of I guess 100t or thereabouts. They were poling it through a series of lifting and swinging bridges. For some they doused the main, then set it again using large cast iron winches. If they had an engine, they weren't using it.
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