Drying out against a wall

[Solent sailer]

we dried out several time at Newport on the IOW nice place to stop and scrub off with water and power available, last time the bottom seemed a bit soft and we went down by the bows, fortunately the bow warp held us up at probably 15 to 20 degrees and we had a tense few hours sitting at the stern until the water came back! by then it was very late and dark, not ideal for navigating the river so we moved back a bit to try to find some harder ground and rigged a safety rope from the mast head to stop ourselves plunging right down in the night. (i didn't fancy waking up wedged head first in the "V" berth,) all was well and we left the next day but i agree with the other post it is good to inquire about the bottom and have a look if you can!

 

[Kurrawong_Kid]

As above but also I try to place weights half way down the long fore and aft warps to help keep the boat into the quay and prevent need for constant adjustment. On my last boat (32 ft.) I made these by filling empty paint tins with cement, but on the present yacht (37 ft.) they were not heavy enough so I suspend the spare kedge anchor and the full spare Camping Gaz cylinder with lines down from the respective quay cleats to adjust the weights to the correct position to ensure the boat lies parallel to the quay. Usually after the first settle which I watch down, the boat can be left to rise and dry out on her own providing there isn't a major shift in wind direction.
An alternative to a warp around the mast or a spinnaker line from the masthead to the quay is to cleat the spinnaker halyard to a mid-cleat and sheet it in hard. Then place a snap block on to the halyard with a rope to the quay. As the yacht drops the slight angle to the masthead "draws" the boat a little towards the quay as the block rises up the halyard.
Beware shrouds catching the quay as she heels or spreaders fouling steps etc. Make sure the spreaders are far enough forward of the steps to avoid this. We carry a rope ladder just in case you cannot lie against steps, but not very easy to use unless you have a means of keeping them away from the wall.
Just another of yachting's nice little challenge!

 

[[70521]]

Ilfracombe was what got me thinking about it, seems a nice place to go alongside and let the girlfriend get ashore for a shopping fix

And look at that awful statue?

 

[WF36]

Bavaria complete with keel...

Not quite a wall I know, but just used bow & stern lines with rope around mast.. incase...

 

[SteveSarabande]

The wall at Ilfracombe can get 'booked up' in high season. It 's definitely a nice place to stop for the night. I have to confess to preferring the outer harbour - it gets a touch more swell than the inner harbour, but at least you're not 5m from a fishing boat that needs to recharge its battery by running the engine for half the night.

Maybe i should go soon, before the crowds arrive, i sail all seasons

 

[Talulah]

Ah Yes. The hull is resting on the keel but when the tide comes that's the time the boat could float off.
Yuo have to take an underwater pic after the boat is refloated as proof.

 

[donm]

Maybe i should go soon, before the crowds arrive, i sail all seasons

Minehead is closer. Use long warps because of the tidal range - I often rig short springs as well. See her down for the first tide and make sure that she is snug against the wall/pile and leaning in a little, then adjust the warps to be tight when she is aground. Use a fender board - there are often some on the wall - but make sure it will not snag when going up or down. We have spent many a long quite night against a wall and it should not be a problem for a Sabre. If you are worried you can also rig a sliding preventer on a halyard but I have never needed one.

 

[donm]

Should have mentioned that I also usually put the leg on the other side, so she is not going anywhere!

 

[billgray]

We had a fin keel Sabre for over 12 years and dried out at most East Scottish and North East English harbours. Advice given in previous post is very good, however we also added sliding weights on the long mooring lines to keep the boat near the wall. The only bad experiences were due to uneven bottoms and its usually too late to do anything about it! Harbormasters and locals were well worth talking to for first hand knowledge. We sailed with two children, a dog and slept on board. The only thing to be aware of is that Sabres tend to tip forward on a level bottom so we always tried to face towards the shore to take advantage of any upward slope. Have fun!
Bill

 

[fisherman]

There are choices, if you keep the boat hard against the wall, even if ballasted in she will sit nearly upright and make you nervous. If fenders are too thick she will squash them and list in a lot more. Masthead halyard ashore with a bucket of water/chain/junk in the middle to take up the slack.

 

[NPMR]

Agree with the comment re Sabre's wanting to sit bow down. We have dried a afir few times and actually held the bow up with a very strong warp to the bronze stemhead. Worked fine for antifouling but probably better to point 'uphill' on a slip if you can.

Pictures of this on the Sabre 27 web site in Owners Gallery "Huzzah"

 

[ctva]

We dried out a couple of times in our Sabre but it was a while ago so I can't remember the details other than there was nothing to it. The boat sits well on it's keel and was a lot more stable that I imagined. Here we dried out in Tobermory...