the secret to a good night sleep when attached to a Buoy

[prv]

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.

Why not attach your own lines, of appropriate length, directly to the buoy?

Pete

 

[RichardS]

Why not attach your own lines, of appropriate length, directly to the buoy?

Pete

There is no top eye on the buoy so you would have to secure the line to the submerged bottom of the buoy as it was not possible to pull it clear from the water. Could be done but probably need daylight and settled conditions. I have a feeling that the restaurant owner would also object as he was getting bit agitated with some of the monohull attempts to stop the banging before night fell but have not tested that.

Richard

 

[prv]

There is no top eye on the buoy so you would have to secure the line to the submerged bottom of the buoy as it was not possible to pull it clear from the water.

Ah, fair enough. I think I'd probably still have tried, for example with a rolling hitch onto the pendant just above where it emerged from the water, but not as obvious as ignoring a shackle on top

Pete

 

[oldsaltoz]

Quote; 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. end quote.

The old foam pool sticks with a rope through them and secured under the stern can reduce this a hell of a lot.

Good luck and fair winds.

 

[Sans Bateau]

One way of course is to spend a bit of money on your own ground tackle and rely on what you know.

 

[prv]

One way of course is to spend a bit of money on your own ground tackle and rely on what you know.

On the current subject of slappy bottoms, it makes no difference whether the boat is anchored or moored to a buoy. It occasionally happens in marinas too, but less often and not as bad because they tend to be more sheltered.

Pete

 

[Birdseye]

so what is the secret..... spent two nights this week attached to a buoy and the boat bangs all night, no tide so to speak as were in the med.

as with modern boats these days main cabin is at the bow, so you hear the constant bang all night.

Use the stern cabin or alternatively moor by the stern. Got to say I never find it a problem but then I can happily sleep in the stern cabin next to a thumping diesel.