Docking & Maneuvering for Monohulls & Catamarans

Elective Class | Available

10/16/2026 (one day)
8:15 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Fri
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10/09/2026

Docking & Maneuvering for Monohulls & Catamarans

Elective Class | Available

Improve your close-quarters maneuvering skills and docking techniques for monohulls and catamarans, to take the stress out of docking!

Captains Lisa & Andy Batchelor, authors of ASA’s Docking and Maneuvering Made Easy textbook will teach you how a boat’s individual characteristics affect its maneuverability under power, and how you can best use those features to your advantage. You’ll learn why wind and current affect your boat in different ways. Learn to assess the local conditions, then formulate and communicate a plan of action to your crew.  Master the use of spring (warping) lines and transits to counter the effects of wind and current, and how to create time and space.

We’ll explore a number of techniques to overcome the most common docking challenges, including single-handed docking. This seminar addresses single and twin-rudder monohulls, tiller and outboard monohulls, and twin-screw catamarans.

Note: Pairs well with “Knots for Boaters”

Batchelor, Lisa & Andy
Lisa & Andy Batchelor

Captains Andy Batchelor and Lisa Batchelor Frailey are both life-long 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 which have proved very useful to sailing and passagemaking. 

They founded and operated Sail Solomons American Sailing Association (ASA) school and charter base, receiving numerous awards for ASA “Outstanding School” and “Outstanding Instructors”.  Andy and Lisa wrote ASA’s textbooks for Bareboat Cruising and Catamaran Cruising, and are the primary contributors to ASA’s Advanced Cruising and Seamanship text. 

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 also organize and lead sailing flotillas on cruising catamarans and monohulls in the Caribbean.  Andy and Lisa are regular speakers at Cruisers’ University, and present live webinars including the ASA Marine Weather Course.

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