Setting a mooring offshore

I guess you need to contact the owner of the seabed and find out how/if moorings are allocated. If there are any other boats moored in the vicinity, then their owners should know who to speak to. You may need to supply your own ground tackle, or the owner may provide it. There is likely to be a fee payable to the owner, who may well be the Crown Estates.
 
LochTroller93 said:
Hi Guys,

How do I go about setting a mooring in the sea, whats the legal stuff involved?

Cheers Robert
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As far as I can see, every tom dick and harry drops one in there favourite fishing spot :(. If there is a law to stop it its not enforced :confused:...

Out today sailing passed atleast 3 day fishing boats moored mid channel :mad:,
 
diapason said:
I guess you need to contact the owner of the seabed and find out how/if moorings are allocated. If there are any other boats moored in the vicinity, then their owners should know who to speak to. You may need to supply your own ground tackle, or the owner may provide it. There is likely to be a fee payable to the owner, who may well be the Crown Estates.
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We know the Fishermen who own the land surrounding the bay where we wish to set it, was just wondering if the law had anything to do with it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78189292@N05/7443127348/

this is a photo of their trawlers and some locals boats
 
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Crown Estates for you; I'm not aware of a mooring association at Puerto en Caplé, if so you'll need a individual mooring licence. Are you local? I'm in Kilcreggan but I know Willie Smith and Chris Ings.


Is that your HiCap? I've one the same colour but MUCH grottier.
 
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I think I would start with the Crown and perhaps see if there is a mooring association that covers Loch Long

We were posting simultaneously so apologies
Penfold +1
 
penfold said:
Crown Estates for you; I'm not aware of a mooring association at Puerto en Caplé, if so you'll need a individual mooring licence. Are you local? I'm in Kilcreggan but I know Willie Smith and Chris Ings.
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I'm from just south of Glasgow, we are friends with the McKichens (Own the osprey + Lucy J), our family has known them for the best part of 55 years, so we go way back
 
penfold said:
Crown Estates for you; I'm not aware of a mooring association at Puerto en Caplé, if so you'll need a individual mooring licence. Are you local? I'm in Kilcreggan but I know Willie Smith and Chris Ings.


Is that your HiCap? I've one the same colour but MUCH grottier.
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Yeah, its mine buddy......Best thing for towing and a real work horse, as you undoubtedly know
 
The Crown Estates agent in Scotland is Bidwells - 01738 630666
They will be able to tell you if the area you want to lay a mooring in is administered by a local mooring association. If not you can buy a private mooring licence from the CE at a cost of about £80 pa.
If the area is designated as an association zone you will have to apply to the association. There may be a waiting list and each association draws up its own constitution, so there m ay be priorities for local people.
The CE licence is 50% discounted for association members but the saving may be eaten up by administration charges.
If you get a spot allocated by the association you will be responsible for laying the tackle and insuring same.
Good luck.
 
I enquired about putting a mooring down at Largs Ayrshire so have done all the investigations. The first thing to do is contact the agent for the Crown Estates who are based in Perth by the name of BIDWELLS ,5 Atholl Place, Perth PH1 5NE , direct phone 01738 494120 contact Val Coghlan on this number who is extremely helpful. You will need the mooring co-ordinates to 3 decimal places you can do this with a GPS.The cost per year to the Crown Estates is £80, I got a cost for laying a mooring of £1000, but of course you can lay your own.
 
I paid £540 for a Scottish mooring, rated for a 19' boat.

Railway wheel 150
Chain & shackles 200 (incl carriage to Inner Hebridees)

The rest was 2-3 hours labour plus a diver's fee to inspect the old mooring.
 
It's a long time since I was in the area but I suspec it s within the Clyde dockyard and as such QHM will have an interest and there seems also to be an organisation known as the Clyde Moorings Committee who deal with CE
 
Mooring

I would suggest that the mooring itself comprise a weight as big as you can manage dropping from your boat with a suitable riser and buoy. Attach to the weight one or more anchors by chain say 4 metres long. The hope is that the weight drags it will then be located by the anchors in various directions. Best of course if you can dive down to set the anchors by hand. If not then monitor the mooring performance for dagging until you are confident. good luck olewill
 
penfold said:
My brother rented a mooring at Fairlie for for an Impala for £600 last year.
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But that is not what is being discussed - the question was about laying a new mooring. If it costs around £1000 to get one professionally layed, then £600 per annum to rent it might be considered a bit expensive.
 
It might be worth a gander at WHAM. Gives all the info plus advice on forming your own mooring association. There is also some info on CYCA.
Neil Cunningham from Toward laid mine and services it yearly - no complaints at all.

Edit: Looks like Portincaple is already a protected area. Clyde Moorings Committee maybe a good place to start. Crown Estates have some info and an application form.
 
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There is some discussion at moment of passing back mooring responsibility back to local level-unclear who.
Also as from this year Crown Estate insists that moorings are subject to diver survey annualy and some talk of 3rd party public liability insurance for boats if you dont have it.
Reality is that Bidwells in Perth is remote and the crown even remoter!
I pay £50 a year though my mooring association plus £30 fo annuals survey.
 
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