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Why do the majority of Boat Designers/Builders position the item (Anchor) that causes the most damage to other Boats and people,right on the bow ?
Most damage in the Marina is caused by Anchors T boning unfortunate boats, removing Gel coat like a butter curler or Anchors hanging over Pontoons and people walking into them.
Ian /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
Me..........! For preference even tho' we're mostly on the rivers. Bower & kedge, every time! No one boards us in the night (it has happened), no one sets us adrift, also happened several times, can stop anywhere pretty and secluded. However, the bower is stored on chocks on the foredeck by the winch, the kedge on the taffrail, neither in a position to do anyone else any harm.
 
I have walked into somebodys anchor in the dark on the pontoon /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gifIT HURTS . Marina rules state no overhanging bits over pontoon /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gifWhy do people not moor stern to , you will have to go into reverse at some point .
 
Why drive in / reverse out, rather than the other way around? In my case it is because, when I reverse out, I have a comparatively large stretch of water if I make an error. If I were to reverse onto my pontoon berth not only would I have to do all the usual checks but I would still have to judge the point at which I was far enough in to tie-up properly, but far enough off to allow me to trim my engine up without banging it on the pontoon walkway. Hope that makes sense &, yes, it does admit to a lack of skill on my part. However, when you've only been boating for less than two years it is not always that easy to perform tasks that others can (he said jealously) do virtually in their sleep.
 
Thank God i had my anchor where it was as the couple times I have been hit by others ,when moored, the damage to rails and gel would have been more severe had the anchor and bow roller been elasewhere.

In both cases the bow roller was bent and in one case the anchor stock was bent too.
 
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I have walked into somebodys anchor in the dark on the pontoon IT HURTS . Marina rules state no overhanging bits over pontoon Why do people not moor stern to , you will have to go into reverse at some point

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What difference would it make? People like you would only walk into the tender hanging off the davits at the stern /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I always moor stern-to. I like to think my anchor hanging off the bow into the fairway focusses the attention of passing mariners.

It always amuses me when aft cockpit owners moor bow-to and then struggle to get off their vessels.
 
It's a poor workman that blames his tools. The anchor is in it's place, cos thats where it lives. Yes it is used very regulary.

Normally theres two choices, little bit of anchor over the pontoon, or about three feet of dinghy. Have a word with Spec Save. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
We moor bow to. Slightly more privacy whilst we are in the cockpit and the view is nicer - wouldn't do it if it were difficult to get aboard.

On the subject of this thread I make sure that the bow does not overhang the pontoon.

We have had trouble getting the marina trolleys between bows / anchors!
 
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Why do the majority of Boat Designers/Builders...

[/ QUOTE ]The answer is very, very simple.
Because it's less expensive than placing them as in my avatar.
 
When boating on salt,anchor always lives in its correct position ie. ready for instant use on the bow.However when going on the other side of the locks,normally remove anchor and lay on deck without it protruding beyond rubber rubbing band.If we do hit the boat in front it will cause much less damage/injury to third party.
It is only few moments work to reposition.

A visit to any marina and a glance along the pontoon indicates those who have given any thought about other users of the marina.
More experienced boaters may be well aware of the blimming great lumps of cast iron stuck out halfway across the decking but others may not.
When we visit always make sure our anchor is not across the path,even if it means it is not quite so easy for us to get on/off boat.
 
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