Even if not everyone admits: mooring maneuvers ensure a higher adrenaline rush for many skippers - regardless of whether a professional or a hobby sailor is at the helm. Because the excitement is usually not a question of actual, but rather "felt" ability.
On the one hand, the lack of routine leads to this; because the practical exercise is naturally limited to a few weeks a year. Then there are the ever-fickle candidates wind and waves. And as if there weren't enough variables, parking doesn't even take place in pleasant anonymity: a crowd, both curious and lurking, is already waiting on the jetty.
For the title topic, YACHT editors got themselves into trouble: deliberately messing up maneuvers, getting out of confused situations and practicing mooring in wind, cold and adverse weather. In short, they have done what recreational skippers often cannot do in this form: they have gained experience. We are happy to pass them on, free of academic papers. Because what the theory looks like can be found in every specialist book - but this is only of limited use in practice.
We want to convey practice with realistic examples, useful tips and clear illustrations. Strengthen "felt ability". Create self-confidence and bring back a little composure, which quickly falls by the wayside with a lack of practice. How it works? Read in the new YACHT (issue 12/2006, from Wednesday in the newsagents).