What would you have done

longjohnsilver said:
Maybe some people won't know that the river at Wareham is not that wide, With a long enough rope you could probably walk across the bridge to the other bank and secure it there.
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Or you could do as I suggested :)

the river isn't that wide there. Take a line over to the other side

Is this a LakeSailor?
 
MapisM said:
It can't fly Haydn, the quay is submerged!
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I said, I was not answering the question, because I was not there, were there tyres available?? Or some means of fendering.?? But same thing applies, if you are thinking of moving. If it's getting bashed any way. Then it aint going to cause much more damage, your only rolling round the bow with little weight on it. It's about damage limitation. Only the OP can decide whether to go or stay.
 
MapisM said:
Nope, according to rule 4g! :D
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Ah, I quote

4g) If you give the same incorrect answer - that’s not lakesailoring,. That’s just two of you being wrong. ''

But how do you know we are wrong ... he hasn't given us the answer yet ...
has he :confused:

Just checked ... no reply yet ... I claim a pending LakeSailor ... if there's not one, there should be :-)
 
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longjohnsilver said:
Maybe some people won't know that the river at Wareham is not that wide, from memory maybe 30yards or so from memory, certainly not enough to cause bad river conditions unless the wind is coming up the river. With a long enough rope you could probably walk across the bridge to the other bank and secure it there.
Use of fenders is a no no as there's nothing to fender against. In my book has to be warps and maybe engine(s), but the boat only has to be held a foot or so off the quay to prevent damage. Can't imagine he'd want to go anywhere in those winds.
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I understand what you are saying, he may not wish to go anywhere, but what if someone else did......the ropes would not allow them to pass.

I have experienced the process that Deleted User mentioned with a single shaft, very successfully in 25/30 knots........but 50 to 60 is a lot of wind.
 
As the river is not very wide on the quay just before the road bridge it should be possible to get a warp or kedge onto the opposite bank. Better still to wait for the tide/wind to subside as its going to be very exposed down river across Poole Harbour [the second largest natural harbour after Sydney]
 
Bav34 said:
Or you could do as I suggested :)

the river isn't that wide there. Take a line over to the other side

Is this a LakeSailor?
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It isn't a Lakesailor as the original poster has not thanked the second poster for the answer.....unless I missed it.

Rule 5
a) If the original poster says “oh thank you” or otherwise thanks or takes up or acknowledges the answer given by the second poster by thanking that second poster by name or by answering immediately after that second poster – it is a “Complete lakesailor” or “Full lakesailor” or the Lakesailoring has “crashed” or “had a crash” in colloquial form. Only the original poster can effect a Full Lakesailoring under normal circumstances, but see special circumstances below.
b) The originator (and only the originator) can effect a normal Full Lakesailoring and the process is called “executing” or “completing” the lakesailoring manouevre, and the moment the post thanking the second post appears is called the “impact” or “crash”. Full Lakesailoring is sometimes in slang form called a “lakesailor with crash”, or simply a “crash”.

It is quite clear...I think.
 
I humbly withdraw my LakeSailor claim.:rolleyes:

Still like to know what the answer was though as I thought that my idea was BRILLIANT. :)
 
Blackfeather said:
Just out of interest, when using the bow spring to midships cleat method, how does one tie off the end which is to be released? Is it the usual figure of eight and then release real quick?
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This is Mrs Bav's job.

The line comes back on board forward of the deck cleat.
It is then taken around the back of the cleat, over the top and under the forward part.

It can be held or released easily regardless of the power applied and I guess as it is only half a figure eight it should be called a four. But it isn't:)
 
Thanks for all the answers guys. I must admit if I had thought of Fishermans idea about tying the fender under the water from the opposite side of the boat, I would have stayed till the wind dropped a bit. Line across the river may have worked but I was short handed with just me and SWIMBO. Getting in the tender in that wind with a kedge, I would have probably gone to the bottom with it.
Im afraid I bottled out, my initial reaction was to pivot the stern out with a spring to the quay but if that hadn’t worked I would have returned to the quayside with a bump. So I had to undergo the humiliation of asking 2 workmen that where on the quay and luckily had wellies on because it was 6" under, to push me off bow first which took a lot of strength and gently work the engines in opposite directions, the guy at the stern almost had a hernia keeping the bathing platform from scraping along the quay but they did it and when I see them I will buy them a bear or two. So 0/10 for boat handling but got away unscathed. Moral of the story don’t go anywhere without consulting the weather forecast even if its just 200 yards from your mooring on a river.
 
robyonfrome said:
Line across the river may have worked but I was short handed with just me and SWIMBO.
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Bad luck Bav34, that was the moment the Lakesailor slipped from your grasp. He didn't thank either of you by name.
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Lakesailoring rules for the newbies:

http://www.lakelandimages.co.uk/lakesailor/rules/
 
Major Catastrophe said:
It isn't a Lakesailor as the original poster has not thanked the second poster for the answer
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I'm afraid it is Major, as per rule 4b, regardless of whether the OP thanked the 2nd poster or not.
What you're referring to is a "Full Lakesailor", which goes one step further.
 
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