Mooring..Blown onto or blown off a pontoon?

[prv]

Fairy Liquid on fenders is a pretty stupid idea.

Who suggested fairly liquid on fenders?

The only posts I saw suggested using it to lubricate warps through fairleads (albeit detergent wouldn't be my lubricant of choice).

Pete

 

[Poignard]

Blown off - for reasons given above. Also any out of control boat is not going to be blown onto you but onto he who prefers to be 'blown on '

 

[Habebty]

Just blown.... Would be nice

Incidentally, fairy liquid will strip any wax on the hull.

 

[dslittle]

Last Saturday night was "interesting" to the extent that the dog went off to his upwind sea berth even though we were still tied up!!! That being said, we suffered no damage on our 'blown on' pontoon. Somehow I would rather polish my topsides and replace the odd fender rather than discover the boat drifting off into the rainset...

 

[Blueboatman]

I would like best of all a continental 'box' mooring between four stout trees if parked longterm to the shore. Seems to cope with surge, heel, yaw, sway, fender rubbing, dodgy pontoon fingers..
In fact I had one in the US and when the hoolies threatened their surges, just put out really long spider web warps to allow for tidal rises (which thankfully didn't significantly occur).

You are still left with the crew inconvenience of a lack of walk ashore pontoon access without the gangplanks and cunning open pullpits

 

[benjenbav]

I'm in the happy position on being on the lee side of my pontoon but with another boat twixt my lee and the next finger and reasonably close by. So nothing should go too far, unless there is a twister of the proportions which swept Dorothy off to the land of Oz.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

You just need to be ready for whatever wind direction to be honest. Choosing to be blown on or off to the prevailing wind is not a guarantee that the big wind direction will be to your benefit.

Last winter I found chafe to be the major issue and my berth is too windward of the prevailing winds (i.e. a lee shore) as the very big winds came from the North or East. I also had the bulwark worn down where the fenders lines cut into the teak capping caused by prevailing wind gales and the yacht rocking back in the lulls.

So, it probably doesn't matter whether its leeward or windward to the prevailing winds, just the mitigation you have in place for the known risks in big winds and forces.

I get blown onto my pontoon in the prevailing winds and chose this because I have a high bow; when steerage is lost it blows off very fast. I also need a bit of speed to maintain steerage, hence its easier for me to berth slowly if the prevailing winds blow me onto the berth.

 

[ChrisE]

Fairy Liquid on fenders is a pretty stupid idea.
It takes the wax off the topsides, a soon as the detergent gets washed off by rain, the plastic of the fender will be ground directly into the gel coat.
It's better to either use wax polish or better still, a fender skirt.

You may think that it is stupid but I've using it for 20 or so years with none of your foreseen problems.

What wax on topsides? I've got better things to do with my time

Each to their own eh?

 

[Zagato]

A good strong swinging mooring

Waits for pictures of sunken boats!!