why is boat lying nose down?

[bobg]

My Jag 25 is on a drying river mooring on compacted stone and mud. It is on a standard swinging mooring with a chain riser and chain to pick-up buoy. It occasionally settles with the bow tipped down and the stern with its bum in the air. Why is this? Is it to do with the length of the pick-up chain? Wind direction(it has done it this week with still air)? Tide speed? angle at which the chain lies? Or because I store my money in the bow locker? I don't see it as a problem as it floats fine when the tide comes in, but just looks /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif odd.

 

[jon]

Had same problem occaisionally with Hunter 23, problem was rain water would run forward and get through wash boards, took me ages to work out where the water down below was coming from!

 

[Rustyknight]

My Jag 25 does the same in mud......... though on hard sand or concrete (and in the boatyard over winter) it tends to sit back a bit due to the angle of the keel bottoms.

I think the cause is the "molded in" freshwater tank in the bows, coupled with the weight of anchor and chain in it's locker; and if you have the weight of your moorings ground tackle added on top..........

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Where are your water tanks, batteries, chain, stowed gear etc?

 

[Topcat47]

Consider yourself lucky, my boat not only goes bows down but lays on its side. if it dries out.

 

[Piere]

I had a little chuckle when I read the posts to your topic .
We have had both Jaguar 25 and hunter horizon 23 at our harbour in folkestone on fore and aft mooring and both had the habit of lying nose down assisted by the tension of the bow line when a strong easterly breeze blew. The harbour dries and faces the east .

your swinging mooring and associated soft mud will have the same effect as the tide swings your boat pionting into the ebbing tidal stream thus making the bow line , your onlyattachment , tault . Hence the same result. Transfer some weight to the stern may help but it may just be a trait of the design.
Happy boating
Piere