Ropes arisen..

[veshengro]

Woke up aboard this morning out on the swinging mooring to find that a ground rope from the mooring trot was now on the surface..
Spring tides running hard on the ebb, and last night with wind against flood it was as lumpy as a night at sea.
Folk in the Boat Yard suggest the ground weights have come drift, so they'll be busy today capturing the rope before it snags an unsuspecting passing yacht.

 

[dunedin]

Wow, that shouldn’t happen. Surely it should be a ground CHAIN to be robust enough?

 

[srm]

Wow, that shouldn’t happen. Surely it should be a ground CHAIN to be robust enough?

Perhaps depends on the locality. Chain has a very short life anywhere near the locations where old coaling hulks were moored as the spillage in the sediment creates a chemically aggressive environment.