Using boats on moorings to assess tidal streams

[AntarcticPilot]

At certain states of wind and tide, when I get back to my mooring buoy all the sailing yachts are at one angle and the motorboats at quite another, then there are a few fore and aft moored things in the mix, so there is no possible straight run at the buoy... just weaving back and forth like crazy. It's been good training, but I think I would struggle in a less nippy boat.

And there was a thread a while back about a mooring provider who required people to lash their steering in a particular direction, with the aim of ensuring that everyone lay the same way. I recall it was an interesting discussion, with opinions varying as to whether it would be effective.

 

[justanothersailboat]

And there was a thread a while back about a mooring provider who required people to lash their steering in a particular direction, with the aim of ensuring that everyone lay the same way. I recall it was an interesting discussion, with opinions varying as to whether it would be effective.

Interesting. I can usually steer myself around the mooring buoy when moored, so it might just work.

 

[Lucky Duck]

And there was a thread a while back about a mooring provider who required people to lash their steering in a particular direction, with the aim of ensuring that everyone lay the same way. I recall it was an interesting discussion, with opinions varying as to whether it would be effective.

That’s the case for the moorings off Burnham on Crouch

 

[Stemar]

At certain states of wind and tide, when I get back to my mooring buoy all the sailing yachts are at one angle and the motorboats at quite another, then there are a few fore and aft moored things in the mix, so there is no possible straight run at the buoy... just weaving back and forth like crazy. It's been good training, but I think I would struggle in a less nippy boat.

Our cat, with 70cm draft, will sit to the wind unless the tide's quite strong, which means we'll often be facing in the opposite direction to other boats with sticks around us. It can make anchoring in tight spaces interesting.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Our cat, with 70cm draft, will sit to the wind unless the tide's quite strong, which means we'll often be facing in the opposite direction to other boats with sticks around us. It can make anchoring in tight spaces interesting.

We’ve been known to achieve 3 kn with the anchor holding, if Chiara is being indecisive about that.