prv
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I've certainly seen one for sale in the US, described as a "diaper"
Next time I get a bad case of it, I'm going to try stringing a few fenders together end-to-end and floating them around the stern.
Pete
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I've certainly seen one for sale in the US, described as a "diaper"
Next time I get a bad case of it, I'm going to try stringing a few fenders together end-to-end and floating them around the stern.
Pete
johnphilip
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Moor up and go ashore.
onesea
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The big flat section aft to extend the WLL as soon as she starts moving helping with ratings in that era, with a big empty space aft (keeps weight down). Im ust have a 1m+ back there about 10cm above the water that is all but parrallel with the water, its like a diving board combined with a drum...
Works wonderful once sailing...
I do not anchor in Osbourne Bay :encouragement:.
nedr
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Bottle of single malt...I would recommend a 12 year old Glenfiddich...Costs less than a night in the marina, which you have already saved by tying up to a buoy!
Giblets
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Didn't work on Saturday night (and believe me we tried!). :disgust:
Seajet
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I've certainly seen one for sale in the US, described as a "diaper"
Next time I get a bad case of it, I'm going to try stringing a few fenders together end-to-end and floating them around the stern.
Pete
Pete,
are you old enough to remember the brief dangerous playground fad of ' clackers ', two bits of hard plastic on a string ?
I fear that might be what your fenders could end up sounding like !
Maybe if you could secure a beach towel or something over them, or if you've got those pervy fleece jacketted fenders I suppose they'd do the job a treat, if you could persuade them underneath...
Anwen
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I have used earplugs in the past to block out the stern slap when on a mooring. Seemed to work OK.
Seajet
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How did you rig them under the stern ?
longjohnsilver
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Try mooring from the stern. Avoids the slapping in the bow.
Seajet
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Not a bad idea to think alternatively, but an astonishing percentage of boats - power and sail - have tiny poxy aft mooring cleats with little or no backing pads !
Also if wind rode it will mean the wind blowing into the companionway & cabin, but might sometimes be an idea.
I must say even my boat with her conservative stern would get a lot of transom slap if moored by it in an exposed harbour, also presenting a lot less streamlined shape if the wind picked up to something strong, when I'd definitely want to be bows into the weather.
Also if wind rode it will mean the wind blowing into the companionway & cabin, but might sometimes be an idea.
I must say even my boat with her conservative stern would get a lot of transom slap if moored by it in an exposed harbour, also presenting a lot less streamlined shape if the wind picked up to something strong, when I'd definitely want to be bows into the weather.
Daydream believer
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There is a thing like a floating sausage that one floats just under the stern so it is wrapped round
I have tried fenders tied together & pulled slightly tight so they submerge slightly & push up to the stern. This stops them flapping against the stern
It does work to an extent when the problem is more due to ripples rather than swell or waves.
It is not 100% though as where the fenders join there is a gap the sausage solution does not have the gap.
I have tried fenders tied together & pulled slightly tight so they submerge slightly & push up to the stern. This stops them flapping against the stern
It does work to an extent when the problem is more due to ripples rather than swell or waves.
It is not 100% though as where the fenders join there is a gap the sausage solution does not have the gap.
prv
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That's exactly what I was thinking of - I don't have room on board for the sausage thing, hence the idea of using the fenders. I can probably live with what gets through the gaps, but a pity it only seems to work on small ripples. Not really surprising though.
Thanks.
Pete
KellysEye
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> I've never seen a modern boat or any boat where the main cabin is in the bow it's always at the stern. Manufacturers realised that they would sell more boats if ladies like the boat and the solution was large aft cabins, it worked.
If something is banging then it's likely to be one of three things something loose on the boat or the rope tied to the buoy moving around the roller. To stop it making a noise put it in water hose and hold it in place by making two holes at each end of the hose, put string through the holes and tie it to the rope. Or as said the buoy hitting the boat but since you were in the Med it seems unlikely because you won't swing round because, as you said, there is no tide.
If something is banging then it's likely to be one of three things something loose on the boat or the rope tied to the buoy moving around the roller. To stop it making a noise put it in water hose and hold it in place by making two holes at each end of the hose, put string through the holes and tie it to the rope. Or as said the buoy hitting the boat but since you were in the Med it seems unlikely because you won't swing round because, as you said, there is no tide.
mawm
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<i>There is a thing like a floating sausage that one floats just under the stern so it is wrapped round</i>
A swimming poole noodle. Cheap as chips.
A swimming poole noodle. Cheap as chips.
prv
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Not always. There are a number of designs with a large "master stateroom" in the bow and then two children's / crew / guest cabins in the stern.
Pete
oldsaltoz
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Sell the mono, get a cat no problem with buoys slapping the hull and able to tuck in close with less draught.
Good luck and fair winds.
Good luck and fair winds.
StephenW
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We carry a couple of oblongs of pile carpet about 1m x 1.3m with 2 light ropes attached. If conditions look likely to create any banging at the bow these are deployed as hu fenders,pile side innermost. Works well for us!
alanch
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As I am too tight to splash out £200 odd for a genuine slapstopper, I have been experimenting with a length of the grey pipe insulation which is dirt cheap from any DIY store. Its hollow so you can drop a rope through it, and easily sited and adjusted. Some success in a marina with small annoying wind waves slapping against the bow. Am going to try using 2 or 3 side by side next.
RichardS
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Sell the mono, get a cat no problem with buoys slapping the hull and able to tuck in close with less draught.
Good luck and fair winds.
I would have agreed with that until this year at an anchorage with large metal mooring buoys. These used to be plastic like every other buoy I have seen but must have been changed since last year. Not only are the buoys now metal and very heavy but they are now on an exceedingly short chain straight down to the concrete block so there is no way they can be pulled up out of the water. The mooring line with an eye is also very long so even with a line from each hull cleat, pulled tight through the eye, there was still enough length in the mooring line to allow the buoy to hit the insides of the hulls.
Eventually, at about 3:00 in the morning, whilst the thunderstorm raged, I pulled the mooring line right up over the crossbeam and secured it to a centre cleat. This finally stopped the banging, which by had now knocked a few chips in the gel coat, but left a virtually rigid setup which thuded horrendously with every large wave.
The monohulls owners must have been driven demented as I could see their torchlights flashing around me most of the night.
I will never pick up one of those buoys again unless it is flat calm, and even then I'll probably anchor!
The work of the devil!
Richard
ghostlymoron
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We had a very noisy night in a marina in Sardinia cause by small wavelets slapping on the transom. Inside the aft cabin the noise was deafening. In future I will carry and use earplugs after checking that nothing is being damaged.