{"id":776,"date":"2018-08-20T02:37:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T02:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=776"},"modified":"2019-03-31T15:20:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T15:20:20","slug":"rear-buoy-docking-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"Rear buoy docking how to&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 5th, 2018 The use of the stern webbing reel is ubiquitous in Sweden and Finland, either shackled to a kedge anchor while going bows-to on a remote island, or with a clip attachment to hold your stern steady while going bows-in at a marina (gasthamn). But since it&#8217;s always better to show than tell, here&#8217;s an example par excellence I witnessed at Grisslehamn on August 5th with a two-man German crew on a gorgeous 1972 Camper &amp; Nicholsons. Enjoy the calm, orderly docking manuever&#8230;.and the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1108\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hs7utD5Xgu8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 5th, 2018 The use of the stern webbing reel is ubiquitous in Sweden and Finland, either shackled to a kedge anchor while going bows-to on a remote island, or with a clip attachment to hold your stern steady while going bows-in at a marina (gasthamn). But since it&#8217;s always better to show than tell, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wHME-cw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":303,"url":"https:\/\/www.sailingarcturus.com\/?p=303","url_meta":{"origin":776,"position":0},"title":"Loknasviken: can you keep a secret?","author":"Becoming Salty","date":"July 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"After Moja we headed west to begin the bittersweet last leg of our journey. 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