moorings

[deputydawg]

Hi guys , if I was to moor a 25ft cruiser on a trot or swing mooring,that drys out,what damage could be done to the sterndrive leg, is it wise to raise the leg or could this damage the rubber boot if left in that posistion???

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[Solitaire]

You'll do more damage by leaving the leg down than liftng it up. The full weight of teh baot will sit on the leg and that will lead to major damage. I was on a drying mooring for two years and always lifted the leg. It caused no damage to the boots at all.

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[oldgit]

Keep leg up.All my boats have had a drying mud berth had legs have always been left in up position.There has been an occasion or two when the captian forgot to raise one or both of them,fortunately the mud is very soft locally so no damage caused.

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[Dave_Knowles]

There should be no damage to the rubber boot. I leave mine up all the time because if it stays down you are likely to block up the water input which is not good. The only problem with lifting the leg is that you can get growth on the ram rods as they are extended when the drive is up. This can wear the seals but is far better than getting a water input blockage.

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[Althorne]

Make sure it's safe for the boat to ground itself regularly. Read a few weeks ago in the mag' legal section that an owner buying a new boat was assured it could live on a drying mooring by the brokers only to find it now has some serious cracks in it's bottom. Is having to sue for compo!

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[whisper]

Yes but I think this was with a shaft drive boat wasn't it? An even more serious failure as presumably this boat had a keel. /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif

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[davedpc]

Once left one leg down by mistake when the boat dried out on the concrete slip (faulty guage), the skeg went straight through the concrete. The only damage was a bent prop& ego. Lucky bastard or what. Dave.

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