I do remember a trip up the Llangollen in 1991. We kept on banging the pins right in, but lost no less than 3 as the water skiers went past!
(I never saw the skiers - just assumed they were there) Ian Cardinal "I do not know who has placed the limits of charity in Africa " St Augustine > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Cragg > Sent: 31 March 2008 16:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Experience with new boaters > > From my position moored to rings or armco I often watch in > fascination as a hire boat arrives and ties up to two barely > tapped in pins. Then they all wander off and boat after boat > goes by and the boat stays moored to the pins which stay in > the ground! > > If I tried it I would be across the cut in 5 minutes but > they get away with it. I wonder if some people have a > guardian angel dancing on the head of their mooring pins. > > > > jhar1945 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > .........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 > > > > > > > > > > > Of course there are exceptions some people just don't know how to > drive > > a boat, just as they don't know how to moor it, but these are as > often > > as not boat owners and not hirers. As Mike says most hireboaters > are, > > in my experience, keen to learn if approached in a rational > manner. In > > my experience many boat owners aren't. Yes I have had pins pulled > out > > but, in nearly all cases, I have known that the mooring was far > from > > ideal and was prepared to take the risk as it was handy for the > > facilities I wanted. > > > > One thing many people forget, and I include myself in this, is that > the > > profile of the cut makes a big difference to the performance of > both the > > moored and moving boat. Moving the mooring a few yards (metres) can > make > > a real difference to your comfort. > > > > Paul > > > And another thing many people forget is that hire boats don't > always come with multiple mooring pins - more often than not > you have to make do with two. > John > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Like movies? Here's a limited-time offer: Blockbuster Total > Access for one month at no cost. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
