More often than not these sorts of boats free floating boats originally tied
with string seem to be owned by BW. One we found had a large amount rubbish
including masses of real rope in it so we retied it with some of that!
Roger Millin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul wrote:
> I can't help agreeing with Adrian. The problem is often about
mooring
> technique and not the speed of the passing boats through the water.
Many
> canals were originally designed (redesigned) for speeds far in
excess of
> those we use today. I get fed up with idiots who have moored their
> boats so badly that they bangs and crash against chains fitted at
right
> angles to piling as I pass at tick over. If the owners get soaked
with
> hot liquids it is there own fault in my opinion. If you want to
learn
> how to tie a boat up correctly have a look in the BW Boaters
Handbook
> (other books are available). Use good rope not chain, look where
you
> are moored, don't hide in trees on the inside of a bend where
others
> can't see you and finally, use a spring, it stops the worst of the
surge
> if a boat does happen go passed too fast.
>
> Paul
>
> Good boating is about being considerate to others that includes
thinking
> about where and how we are moored.
All good stuff and I couldn't agree more. I have been as annoyed as
any person when passing a badly moored boat that floats out to meet
you as you pass until the thin string that attaches it to the bank
eventually impedes its progress. It's only common sense to ensure
that you are moored as well as the locality will
allow..........but..........what is your attitude if you've done all
that and your boat is still thrown about by a passing boat? You can
only moor as well as you can in the circumstances. When you've driven
your 2 ft spikes at the correct angle right in up to the neck, set
the ropes as low as possible on the spike/ground level, set a spring
(in my case a ratchet strap that can be tightened to take up slack)
and you still get thrown about and the spikes pulled out. I'm not
convinced that, under those circumstances, the moorer can be blamed
for poor technique unless Adrian is going to suggest that we cruise
on and on and on, stopping every so often to try the ground for
hardness with a spike, only to find it's still too soft before
cruising on to repeat the exercise ad infinitum.
Roger
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