Searush
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I'm a raggie who never goes into marinas (unless kidnapped by Kwacka) yet I would simply tie to the end of the finger as in the penultimate pic & then warp her into place by hand. And I am singlehanded!
MBY sept08 - terrible WNS solution
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ian38_39
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Cant personally see anything wrong with the solution.
On another note I will be setting up a rope and fender sales company shortly and will be giving free mooring advice with every dozen ropes bought.
Edit to add, watch out for my series of double page adverts appearing shortly.
On another note I will be setting up a rope and fender sales company shortly and will be giving free mooring advice with every dozen ropes bought.
Edit to add, watch out for my series of double page adverts appearing shortly.
hlb
RIP
Dont buy the mag these days, it all sounds like noncence. Debs buys it occasionally for me. Met a few of the MBY jurno's. They all said, they would love to go on a boat, but never were able. Sums it all up, I would think.
PCUK
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Unlike the MBM boys who are never in the office!
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Agree entirely. What an effing palaver. Apart from any other consideration throwing lines about in a strong wind is liable to lead to them landing in the water and getting wrapped around the props before you know it. The second issue I have is mooring to the end of the pontoon/hammerhead. Most floating pontoons I know have sharp edges and are very narrow and wobbly. It would be v difficult to get properly tied up there without hitting the edge or slewing round to hit your neighbours boat
I agree with you. Just reverse down and go forward on to the hammerhead or better IMHO, reverse down and just go forwards straight into the berth. Yes I know stern to mooring is preferred but bow to in this case is easier and safer. If the skipper felt that reversing down the fairway is dodgy then I can't see why he just does'nt go in forwards and turn the boat with the engines. Surely a twin engined sterndrive sports cruiser can be turned on its engines, especially if it has a bow thruster and even against a F4 wind
The other method of course is to launch the dinghy and assist with pushing the boat around and fending off others
IMHO this method of using loads of warps is far more appropriate for difficult single engined yacht which can't be turned easily but for a twin engined mobo, it's a nonsense
I agree with you. Just reverse down and go forward on to the hammerhead or better IMHO, reverse down and just go forwards straight into the berth. Yes I know stern to mooring is preferred but bow to in this case is easier and safer. If the skipper felt that reversing down the fairway is dodgy then I can't see why he just does'nt go in forwards and turn the boat with the engines. Surely a twin engined sterndrive sports cruiser can be turned on its engines, especially if it has a bow thruster and even against a F4 wind
The other method of course is to launch the dinghy and assist with pushing the boat around and fending off others
IMHO this method of using loads of warps is far more appropriate for difficult single engined yacht which can't be turned easily but for a twin engined mobo, it's a nonsense
oceanfroggie
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Agree 100%. What's was the fuss about, this is a regular senario for mobos /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
pavlosimou
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Spot on, funniest thing ive seen on here in weeks
benjenbav
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OK, there are two solutions not involving making swmbo stand precariously on the end of a wobbly finger pontoon, phoning her divorce lawyer, whilst trying to pay out 100 metres of finest 16mm warp (having presumably just gone to the swindlery to buy same):
1 as described, passim, reverse back past the yot, spin the boat and dock.
2 if you really can't drive, then dock on the hammerhead immediately on the port side in Fig 1. This has the disadvantage of blocking a few boats but that can quickly be countered by disembarking the crew and walking round to the marina office, handing over a £50 to one of the lads to come round and valet park the boat. While you are at it, give him another £50 and tell him to wash the boat down and have some fresh flowers on the table for the next time you want to take to the briny for the next exciting episode of WNS.
1 as described, passim, reverse back past the yot, spin the boat and dock.
2 if you really can't drive, then dock on the hammerhead immediately on the port side in Fig 1. This has the disadvantage of blocking a few boats but that can quickly be countered by disembarking the crew and walking round to the marina office, handing over a £50 to one of the lads to come round and valet park the boat. While you are at it, give him another £50 and tell him to wash the boat down and have some fresh flowers on the table for the next time you want to take to the briny for the next exciting episode of WNS.
tcm
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ooh just got wokened up. lanzarote now. aircon knackered, grp man due mid-morning for minor crunch-fixing.
The wns soluition involving dangling your boat off someone else's cleats a definite no-no: If i was on the big boat, i wd not be letting you tie your twin diesel woohar off one cleat either.
i was on fuel jetty in st vaast and two sepret shorter powerboats decided that the best way to get alongside was to rig a fwd line onto me and pull back. No thanks matey, been reading mby? Your manouevre of your boat cannot (or should not) involve attachment of your boat to any other boat during the manouevre imho, else you risk twatting two boats instead of just the one, which is exactly what the q was all about. The bigger boat should move, and/or you go find somewhere else, or if you absolutely must get into that cra p berth you obviously go out and reverse up to it. The rope trick is about the worst solution possible, but suitably sheddish for mby these days.
The wns soluition involving dangling your boat off someone else's cleats a definite no-no: If i was on the big boat, i wd not be letting you tie your twin diesel woohar off one cleat either.
i was on fuel jetty in st vaast and two sepret shorter powerboats decided that the best way to get alongside was to rig a fwd line onto me and pull back. No thanks matey, been reading mby? Your manouevre of your boat cannot (or should not) involve attachment of your boat to any other boat during the manouevre imho, else you risk twatting two boats instead of just the one, which is exactly what the q was all about. The bigger boat should move, and/or you go find somewhere else, or if you absolutely must get into that cra p berth you obviously go out and reverse up to it. The rope trick is about the worst solution possible, but suitably sheddish for mby these days.
