Craft movement whilst tied up - A Question?

[The Q]

PS he, the tractor owner, was cleared in court!!!

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Maybe showing up with a mobile crane would be considered over the top in this context?

 

[Bouba]

If the port move your boat...well that’s life. I do get upset when other boat owners do it...but it depends on the circumstances...when they change the mooring lines so that their boat can be better secured than my boat, I get very upset, especially as they trespass on my boat to do it. Like when someone unplugs my electric connection because their ice maker is more important than my food cooking in my oven.
I did once come back and saw my lines had been interfered with and immediately got angry (they wife recognizes that fuming anger with smoke coming out of my ears...is the first stage in my anger management) but then the wife found a lovely note from the yacht (it’s always a yacht by the way) apologizing...so I calmed down ????

 

[xyachtdave]

If the port move your boat...well that’s life. I do get upset when other boat owners do it...but it depends on the circumstances...when they change the mooring lines so that their boat can be better secured than my boat, I get very upset, especially as they trespass on my boat to do it. Like when someone unplugs my electric connection because their ice maker is more important than my food cooking in my oven.
I did once come back and saw my lines had been interfered with and immediately got angry (they wife recognizes that fuming anger with smoke coming out of my ears...is the first stage in my anger management) but then the wife found a lovely note from the yacht (it’s always a yacht by the way) apologizing...so I calmed down ????

I found a dog and the crew of another boat standing in my cockpit drinking beer, the worst bit was the entitlement and frostiness when I appeared back from the shop…’the owner is back we’d better get off, miserable barstard’!

 

[RivalRedwing]

I found a dog and the crew of another boat standing in my cockpit drinking beer, the worst bit was the entitlement and frostiness when I appeared back from the shop…’the owner is back we’d better get off, miserable barstard’!

hope it wasn't your beer

 

[Bouba]

I found a dog and the crew of another boat standing in my cockpit drinking beer, the worst bit was the entitlement and frostiness when I appeared back from the shop…’the owner is back we’d better get off, miserable barstard’!

You don’t park it in the Welsh Med by any chance ?‍

 

[Capt Popeye]

Might just suggest that if Mooring to any Pontoon , Quayside , etc its far better to Moor Up with part of ones Craft overhanging the Pontoon , (leaving as much room as possible to allow other craft to moor up) but carefully Tied up , but with ones lines mainly left aboard ones own craft ; only a minimum of line used to secure the craft ; plus please do not use up the Lines end by wriggling it around any cleat or bollard , its really BAD seamanship , causes stress to others who need to use the same Cleats or Bollards ; Tidyness is next to good Seaman Ship ; any untidy Craft is an awfull sight to bear {:

 

[Stemar]

Might just suggest that if Mooring to any Pontoon , Quayside , etc its far better to Moor Up with part of ones Craft overhanging the Pontoon , (leaving as much room as possible to allow other craft to moor up) but carefully Tied up , but with ones lines mainly left aboard ones own craft ; only a minimum of line used to secure the craft ; plus please do not use up the Lines end by wriggling it around any cleat or bollard , its really BAD seamanship , causes stress to others who need to use the same Cleats or Bollards ; Tidyness is next to good Seaman Ship ; any untidy Craft is an awfull sight to bear {:

Completely agree, though the club pontoon I'm alongside mostly doesn't have usable ends, so overhanging is out. As a shallow draft boat, I'll try to use the shallow end when I can, and my lines have eyes on one end, and it's always that end on the pontoon when I'm set up, though I very often have to untangle a rat's nest of someone else's string to leave.

On the subject of tying up, I'm always surprise to see how many boats have a really short line bow and stern with no snubber; the snatching when a big boat's wake goes by must be awful. I always run bow and stern lines from the outside cleat to give a good length of line, and the boat seems to sit much more happily and we're more comfortable.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Completely agree, though the club pontoon I'm alongside mostly doesn't have usable ends, so overhanging is out. As a shallow draft boat, I'll try to use the shallow end when I can, and my lines have eyes on one end, and it's always that end on the pontoon when I'm set up, though I very often have to untangle a rat's nest of someone else's string to leave.

On the subject of tying up, I'm always surprise to see how many boats have a really short line bow and stern with no snubber; the snatching when a big boat's wake goes by must be awful. I always run bow and stern lines from the outside cleat to give a good length of line, and the boat seems to sit much more happily and we're more comfortable.

Using the outside cleats is a multihull thing. New Dragonfly owners always ask why there aren’t bow and stern cleats on the amas. The cleats are on the main hull because that is the best place to moor from. They just don’t sit right any other way. We had a cat years back, the same. Outside cleats for bow and stern lines, inside for springs.

 

[benjenbav]

I found a dog and the crew of another boat standing in my cockpit drinking beer, the worst bit was the entitlement and frostiness when I appeared back from the shop…’the owner is back we’d better get off, miserable barstard’!

How did the dog get the bottle open?

 

[st599]

When I was a charter skipper in Greece, a guy wanted to leave his inside position in a raft. So he just cast the raft adrift and motored off.

 

[Stemar]

Using the outside cleats is a multihull thing. New Dragonfly owners always ask why there aren’t bow and stern cleats on the amas. The cleats are on the main hull because that is the best place to moor from. They just don’t sit right any other way. We had a cat years back, the same. Outside cleats for bow and stern lines, inside for springs.

I don't know why it's a multihull thing. I used to do the same on Jissel, my Snapdragon 24. The bow line went over the anchor roller and the stern line through the outside fairlead. I didn't have as much line to absorb shocks, so it wasn't as effective as now, but it still helped. I also pulled the stern in fairly tight and left the bow loose, so access was easier to the cockpit, which helped us, but wouldn't work on a bigger boat and is irrelevant now we've got a virtually rectangular boat.

 

[mjcoon]

How did the dog get the bottle open?

Don't you open the bottles or cans for dogs, children and helmsman?

 

[Biggles Wader]

How did the dog get the bottle open?

Rufffly.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

The party was cur tailed on the owners return

 

[Kukri]

It’s ever so much easier if you have midships cleats to take springs to.

 

[Stemar]

It’s ever so much easier if you have midships cleats to take springs to.

In calm conditions, yes. I haven't got centre cleats, but I will run a spring from bow and stern cleats to a central cleat on the pontoon. When things get bumpy, though, better to have more length of line out for better shock absorption

 

[Kukri]

In calm conditions, yes. I haven't got centre cleats, but I will run a spring from bow and stern cleats to a central cleat on the pontoon. When things get bumpy, though, better to have more length of line out for better shock absorption

I agree. I am thinking of how to overhang an end of a pontoon.

 

[DJE]

I agree. I am thinking of how to overhang an end of a pontoon.

Like this?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Sounds like the average Range Rover driver. Park so that you take up the space three ordinary cars could get in!

Unfortunately you can’t move them like you can a boat.

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