Highest wind you'd stay on swing mooring

[bikedaft]

Noise... spent 48h on board anchored in L Spelve during a delivery trip in April. Wind going above 55kts (end stop) regularly.

Anchor was visible on the beach at LW.

If you are certain of the mooring, and there are no waves, it will be fine.

Watch for the mooring rode coming out of the bow fairlead in waves, tie a wee keeper over it.

Tbh, go ashore, you will get no sleep. 24hrs was exhilarating, 48h was tiring. All the stuff from.the square riggers books about screaming rigging is true.

 

[NormanS]

I've had 74 knots at anchor in Loch Seaforrh. It did get me up out of bed at 0300, but there's little that you can usefully do when it's like that. Best having substantial anchoring gear.

 

[The Q]

Below is the EMCWF forecast for Easter morning for the northern UK. And it will be unrelenting rain, and a temperature between 2 and 6°C.
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Oh joy, I'm supposed launching on Saturday morning, at least down here in Norfolk it's a bit less windy. I think Sundays racing is off though..

 

[thinwater]

It's for the OP to judge, but there is quite a difference between us retired folk who have boats well adapted to living aboard and are very experienced and someone who only gets the odd week-end aboard - and may very well be accompanied by a partner and/or kids who may be slightly less enamoured of sailing!

Below is the EMCWF forecast for Easter morning for the northern UK. And it will be unrelenting rain, and a temperature between 2 and 6°C.
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I didn't mean to say that being on a boat in 60 knots is fun. Home or a motel is better.

 

[Graham376]

We've been on mooring with wind gusting 45-50 kts, boat has survived 80+ kts when not on board.

 

[Rhylsailer99]

Off to boat at weekend and forecast is dire. Gusting 59kts.

Out of interest what's the highest wind speeds do people stay on their swing mooring?

I've been on it with gusts to 40kts and it's pretty uncomfortable with it swinging about all over the place...

I am staying on mine Saturday with 70mph gusts incoming.

 

[14K478]

I remember a night on one of Tony Ward’s moorings at Pin Mill in this:



SW gale. It blew hard enough that we didn’t lie to the flood at all; we were wind rode the whole time, but a significant wind over tide short sea built up and we bucketed about a good deal. No sleep.

 

[14K478]

I remember a night on one of Tony Ward’s moorings at Pin Mill in this:

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SW gale. It blew hard enough that we didn’t lie to the flood at all; we were wind rode the whole time, but a significant wind over tide short sea built up and we bucketed about a good deal. No sleep.

I remember that we could hear the squalls howling before they arrived and we needed the leecloths up to stay in our bunks. Didn’t have an anemometer but it was windy enough for breaking seas in the Orwell at Pin Mill, and hearing a squall coming is something that I associate with typhoons in Hong Kong more than with gales in Britain.

It was perfectly safe, but noisy and uncomfortable.