The sound of water lapping the hull

[MidlandsOnSea]

...is proving somewhat louder than I have previously experienced on sailing yachts. We were lying to a swinging mooring on the Dart in a spring tide at the weekend. In the night, the sound of the water rushing down the hull woke everyone on board. As I lay awake cursing another another factor which makes SWIMBO prefer weekends at home, I wondered if this was exceptional or whether the shape of a planing hull means it's inevitable.

 

[duncan]

Sort of unavoidable but there are mitigations available - if you have an inflatable tender/rib put this in between the boat and the mooring buoy - bow to the buoy. This should flatten off any wavelets but you aren't going to get rid of the actual 'rushing' sound!
If you don't have a tender then get lengths of pipe insulation from your DIY store (number according to boat size), larger diameter better, thread onto a line and take round the bow from the mid cleats - again should deaden the wavelets.
Finally, and conditions boat etc will dictate the safety of this approach, consider mooring by the stern on a bridle.

 

[Medskipper]

I agree with everything Duncan has said, but he left out one very important thing!

Drink More Scotch!!!

Barry

 

[Callisto]

Gets my vote too.

Nothing like a pure malt to lull you off to sleep on a mooring.

JH /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[tinstaafl]

These are good...

http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/store.ph...6f68407fd9c8bb7

tinstaafl

 

[DepSol]

The use of sound deadening pads and thinsulate can reduce this dramatically.

 

[Stoaty]

Mooring stern to will stop the noise