Swinging mooring mobo

[mateyboy]

Silly question time.... is it possible to swing moor mobos (successfully)?
Reason I'm asking they all seem to be sails or 17' dorrys etc from what I see.
If so does any one know where is safe/secure in Yorks/Humber/Notts area?

I've been reading an old thread regarding swinging mooring ,don't mind a bit of work and it may be a solution for me as times are not what they were at present, looking at 28'-35' cruiser or mini f/b ideally shafts incase of dry out.

 

[PaulGooch]

Silly question time.... is it possible to swing moor mobos (successfully)?
Reason I'm asking they all seem to be sails or 17' dorrys etc from what I see.
If so does any one know where is safe/secure in Yorks/Humber/Notts area?

I've been reading an old thread regarding swinging mooring ,don't mind a bit of work and it may be a solution for me as times are not what they were at present, looking at 28'-35' cruiser or mini f/b ideally shafts incase of dry out.

We had a Princess 32 on a swinging mooring at Pin Mill, on the Orwell, i can't think of a reason not to have a mobo one one.

 

[hlb]

You dont want shafts, if drying out, though it does depend on the type. MANY WILL HAVE THE PROPS HITTING THE DECK FIRST.

Upp's sorry.

Think mostly why you dont see mobo's on morings, is because there mostly better looked after than yachts, and more expencive to repair if things go wrong.

Think a boat on a mooring is ok, as long as you can go look at it, every few days.

A dripping stern gland can soon create quite deap water, not a problem with shore power, but with a flat battery???

 

[Tugw]

Had mine on a swinger for aroung 4 years with no prob(35ft).But as HLB says,you got to keep an eye on it.the only down side for me is getting to it.It can get a bit wet in a small tender or inflateable even if its not that rough.

 

[PCUK]

No security! Most boats on swinging moorings have nothing worth nicking kept on board.

 

[mateyboy]

I was thinking about security issues but the scroats have to access it by boat as opposed to a land mooring that could be more difficult.

 

[oldgit]

Most of my previous boats where kept on a trot mooring.Up side was price about £200 PA but down side was security although my boats were not touched did here tales of stuff going missing.Other disadavantage was my boat was miles away from slip and loading dinghy was a PITA
My Princess 33 was on O/Ds but most of the other boats there were shaft and had no problems with sitting on mud at low water.
If you are east coast boater you will find a large proportion of boats sitting on mud at some point in the tidal range..
At my present club the inner moorings are half tide and plenty of the boats are on shafts.