Mooring now down.

[Strathglass]

Last week we managed to launch the mooring into it's final resting place. This is a couple of photo's showing the assembly being loaded onto a trailer for transporting down to the sea.

This shows the A-frame and chain winch lifting one of the wheels.

The second one shows how keen SWMBO is to get the boat in the water. She is working away on the chain winch pulling the wheels and ground chain to nearer the centre of the trailer.
At the same time two of us were grimly hanging onto the A-frame to stop it going for a walk.

Unfortunately we were unable (and unwilling) to take any photo's of the mooring on the mooring raft. Or of the mooring being dropped as the sea state was a bit marginal.

 

[Spyro]

I like the welly boots on the A frame /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[quimby]

Wayfarers need heavy tackle for a mooring! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

What Type Yacht/Boat?

 

[holly1]

I would definately feel safe on your mooring

 

[wiggy]

Im sorry to point this out but the tread on those tyres is below the legal minimum required for a Uk mooring according to new EU legislation.
PS hope the boots were steel toe capped to avoid future legal action from the A-frame on health and safety grounds, A-frames have rights too you know!

 

[longjohnsilver]

Now that's what you call chain! Looks like 2"+?

 

[Strathglass]

Yes, it is actually 2" . The length on the right is spare and about 18' long.

The scrap metal merchant I bought it from was not prepared to cut the full length he had in half. So I had to buy twice as much as I needed.

No doubt be used on someone else's mooring. But only on the River Forth as transport costs would be too high for anywhere else.

Iain

 

[Strathglass]

That's ok, they are lorry tyres which can be regroved to meet any EEC spec. But by now they will be complerely burried in mud below seawater which is totally opaque and what the eye doesn't see----,

You are correct about the boots they are steel toecaped ones.
The A-frame has been through much worse than that and there has been no complaints - yet.

Iain

 

[William_H]

Thats really a great mooring. I might have thought the 2inch chain was enough in itself. Certainly it should last for your lifetime.
Can you please give us some more story on how you got it all into position. Is it a drying mooring? I appreciate you have no photos but I am sure there is a story there. thanks olewill

 

[Strathglass]

Good evening William,

I'll try and get some photo's later.

It's not for a drying mooring as in my case I have a 6' draft fin keel. As you go further inshore the moorings dry out for longer periods.
The tidal range is just over six metres. The keel will just touch the mud at low water springs but through time the keel dig's a hole to sit in.

The mooring can be quite exposed in certain wind conditions. The weekest link is of course the riser (5/8") which must be checked and sometimes replaced anually (the top 6 metres usually)

We have a club mooring raft. This was designed and built under the supervision of one of the club members a few years ago. It is about 20' x 12' and has 20 50 gallon drums under it. There is also a crane with a wire rope at the aft end and an outboard to propel it.
There are even stantions and a guardrail. And several anchors.

I will take a photo of it today and post it later.

The club have an agreement with the Crown Commision for a number of moorings (about 50 I think) and collect the fees for them from members.

It is an extremely cost effective way of keeping a boat in the water.

As you can well imagine the mooring area is nearly full.

Cheers

Iain