Mooring at Loe beach Cornwall

[Dave123]

Ive been offered a swinging mooring at Low beach Cornwall on the fal estuary for the summer season but as ive never left a boat on the water before im concerned about it getting rough and the boat getting damaged.Can anyone give some advice please?

 

[longjohnsilver]

Hi and welcome to the forum. There are quite a few boats moored there, a very pretty spot. If you're on a well maintained swinging mooring the only way of being damaged is if another boat breaks free and hits you, unless it's you that breaks free! Just make sure your mooring strop is the correct length and not rubbing anywhere and you should be fine.

 

[Dave123]

Thanks longjohnsilver I have never left a boat on a mooring before so know very little about it. I have a 22foot Searay would you know what length strop I need?

 

[LittleSister]

I was told twenty years ago by someone who kept a boat there that there was usually some damage each year to a few boats on those moorings. (I can't remember now if this was collisions through moorings being too tightly spaced, or damage to boats from rough conditions in certain wind directions.) Note, though that it clearly wasn't enough of a problem to deter him from keeping his boat there, and this was 20 years ago so the situation may have changed since.

 

[Nigelpickin]

Hi Dave

It's a good spot and a long way down Carrick Roads so even a dreaded easterly will not affect you like it would on say the Helford. There are a lot of boats there in the summer just watch out a bit, if you have a motorboat most of the boats there are sailing boats with keels so will swing on the tide whereas you may well swing on the wind....