RichardS
N/A
Croatia seems to be very popular these day and posters often ask about the mooring options.
This is an extract from the thread I first started in 2013: http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...to-us)-mooring-method-and-subsequent-disaster!
There seem to be so many variations in the Med that when you enter a new bay or harbour for the first time and see a buoy bobbing up and down I instinctively look around to see what everyone else is doing, which is fine unless you happen to be the first boat in.
These are the variations we have found over the last six years. They were not all disasters but the ones that were have featured in my previous posts from years gone by!
1) "Standard" lazy line with a small diameter line visible on the quay which is used to haul up the heavy duty mooring line attached to a concrete block on the seabed. The mooring line is attached to a fore cleat and one of the boats own aft lines is taken to a mooring ring or bollard on the quayside. Apart from the usual problems in crosswinds which affect and method of mooring, a particular problem with standard lazy lines is crossed-lines where the lazy line being hauled up is actually attached to a concrete block on the other side of the boat. This is a recipe for getting a line around the prop and has featured in one of my "disaster" posts from Vis Town!
2) Standard anchoring to quay - anchor or kedge is dropped a couple of boat lengths from quay and boat driven close to quayside so an aft/fore line can be secured to quay.
3) Standard mooring buoy - buoy has mooring line beneath it secured to concrete block on seabed. Variations include metal loop on top of buoy for boat line, buoy line secured to either top or bottom of buoy which can be either secured directly to boat cleat (not usually recommended) or boat line can be passed in a loop through the buoy line and secured to boat at both ends.
4) "Mooring buoy + lazy line combo" - Mooring buoy is a standard mooring buoy which has a lazy line tied underneath/above it. The bow of the boat is secured to the mooring buoy ( see 3) and the lazy line is used to haul up the second mooring line which is fastened to a second concrete block and is secured directly to the stern. My disaster post from August 2012 gives lurid details of how this can go wrong!
5) "Mooring buoy + shore line combo" - Mooring buoy is a standard mooring buoy but is closer than expected to the next buoy (also a clue to 3 above). The mooring buoy is secured to the bow as usual and then a boat aft line must be taken ashore and secured to a hoop or similar to stop boats swinging on the buoy. Hvar Town system.
6) "Fore and aft combo lazy line" - one lazy line is secured to a buoy which is used to pull up a mooring line which is secured to both bow and stern cleats and must be tight at both ends with the excess line hanging in a loop alongside the boat. No lines are used ashore.
That's all my experience to date, excluding anchoring variations such as using a shore line as employed in narrow bays.
They say variety is the spice of life.
Richard
This is an extract from the thread I first started in 2013: http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...to-us)-mooring-method-and-subsequent-disaster!
There seem to be so many variations in the Med that when you enter a new bay or harbour for the first time and see a buoy bobbing up and down I instinctively look around to see what everyone else is doing, which is fine unless you happen to be the first boat in.
These are the variations we have found over the last six years. They were not all disasters but the ones that were have featured in my previous posts from years gone by!
1) "Standard" lazy line with a small diameter line visible on the quay which is used to haul up the heavy duty mooring line attached to a concrete block on the seabed. The mooring line is attached to a fore cleat and one of the boats own aft lines is taken to a mooring ring or bollard on the quayside. Apart from the usual problems in crosswinds which affect and method of mooring, a particular problem with standard lazy lines is crossed-lines where the lazy line being hauled up is actually attached to a concrete block on the other side of the boat. This is a recipe for getting a line around the prop and has featured in one of my "disaster" posts from Vis Town!
2) Standard anchoring to quay - anchor or kedge is dropped a couple of boat lengths from quay and boat driven close to quayside so an aft/fore line can be secured to quay.
3) Standard mooring buoy - buoy has mooring line beneath it secured to concrete block on seabed. Variations include metal loop on top of buoy for boat line, buoy line secured to either top or bottom of buoy which can be either secured directly to boat cleat (not usually recommended) or boat line can be passed in a loop through the buoy line and secured to boat at both ends.
4) "Mooring buoy + lazy line combo" - Mooring buoy is a standard mooring buoy which has a lazy line tied underneath/above it. The bow of the boat is secured to the mooring buoy ( see 3) and the lazy line is used to haul up the second mooring line which is fastened to a second concrete block and is secured directly to the stern. My disaster post from August 2012 gives lurid details of how this can go wrong!
5) "Mooring buoy + shore line combo" - Mooring buoy is a standard mooring buoy but is closer than expected to the next buoy (also a clue to 3 above). The mooring buoy is secured to the bow as usual and then a boat aft line must be taken ashore and secured to a hoop or similar to stop boats swinging on the buoy. Hvar Town system.
6) "Fore and aft combo lazy line" - one lazy line is secured to a buoy which is used to pull up a mooring line which is secured to both bow and stern cleats and must be tight at both ends with the excess line hanging in a loop alongside the boat. No lines are used ashore.
That's all my experience to date, excluding anchoring variations such as using a shore line as employed in narrow bays.
They say variety is the spice of life.
Richard