Down tide, down wind mooring

[jimi]

Should the backstay be tightened when attempting this berthing manoeuvre at full tilt relying on the bow against a stout pontoon as a brake .. perhaps TCM can advise?

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[Sailfree]

Yes, definitely tighten backstay, and make sure your seat-belts are properly fitted. Have you had your airbag checked out this year? After 3 successful attempts you are entitled to post on the MoBo forum.

DeeGee c/o Sailfree....

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[jorinda]

go in with engine in reverse and mooring line from midships cleat ready to drop over the first mooring cleat you can get on, or go onto uptide/upwind berth and warp back in.

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[longjohnsadler]

Obviously too late!

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[Joe_Cole]

The correct way to do this is to sling a loop of bungee over a cleat as you go by. It will gently pull you up and return you to the berth. There...easy innit?

Joe.

PS Not recommended on finger pontoons though.

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[longjohnsadler]

Out yesterday and returning to the pontoon the wind was 20 knots plus up the chuff. Only had half a crew (other half broken) and tho things just about went ok (I know people do this all the time single-handed) it was nearly the first recorded attempt to convert a Sadler 32 into a Sadler 29...

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[FullCircle]

Having suffered the indignity of discovering that the gear change cable had fallen off, and therefore no reverse, I can only recommend that buckets on lanyards be kept ready to trail off the back .
Anyway, when it happened to me, I just picked the cheapest looking boat to hit, which happened to be the marina tender.......
Dont really work downtide so a kedge anchor available maybe?

Jim
(Anonymous)

<hr width=100% size=1>Second Chance - First Love. Ah well, Windex it is then. Hopefully it will all work when launched....

 

[longjohnsadler]

Dear anonymous,

Hopefully no-ones reading this, but crew with a broken collar-bone is sometimes worse than no crew at all. Perhaps several could be attached to a warp and thrown over the back at the appropriate time like a series drogue?

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[Bejasus]

err...ummm, don't have to actually worry about this when vessel in fact belongs to someone else and err, actually umm, you have paid the collision damage waver beforehand.

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[Peppermint]

Re: Firstly

Tighten the ankle straps on your strides. This will keep your adrenaline under control and prevent the gear lever going up your trouser leg as you leap about.

In fact it's worth dressing up a bit and combing your hair because, lets face it, everybody will be watching.

It is worth trying to borrow a berth that has this spiffy new fendering stuff fixed to it. The stuff that MDL are flogging at the moment.

Have you had an incident or just observed one?

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[jimi]

Re: Firstly

ask TCM!!

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[tcm]

Re: ahem

I was tired and emotional after our famous victory, and hence having brilliantly arrived in the berth, i decided i had had enuf, so dumped it rather hastily and rushed off for cigars and a pint with longjohnsilver. Anyway, only a cheap old heap and i don't think too much damage done (to Chris Eades' pontoon anyway)

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[zefender]

Re: ahem Indeed

Famous victory?

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[tcm]

Re: ahem Indeed

some punctionation missing perhaps

incidentally I note that our esteeemed starter/judge refered to "cowshott" in his distaster struckk!!! thread - where the heck is this then?

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