Illustrated Seamanship by Ivar Dedekam

Author:Ivar Dedekam [Ivar Dedekam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781909911970
Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited
Published: 2017-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Some places you have to moor either the bow or the stern to buoys or you have to moor to buoys both fore and aft. You can use nearly the same techniques as when mooring to piles. Always check that the buoys are big enough for your boat size. Mooring to buoys both fore and aft is much used in estuaries and canals in order to prevent the boat turning for wind or current. Such mooring makes it necessary to have a dinghy onboard if you wish to go ashore.

Lead the mooring line through the mooring ring on the buoy and back onboard. You can then leave quickly and quite securely under all conditions. This is often better than to make fast directly to the ring.

Mooring to buoys

Leaving the mooring

Wind and current in same direction

Go against the current (or wind if it is the stronger) up to the buoy (1) and reduce the speed evenly until the boat has stopped just at the buoy. Don’t back too hard as you may then push the buoy away from the boat. Lead the bow line through the mooring ring on the buoy and back onboard and let the boat drift back a little, while paying out on the bow line (2). Then make fast.

Often you can just let go of the mooring lines and sail away from a buoy. If you want to leave on a specific course, you can re-rig the slip line as shown (3). If you want to moor between two buoys to prevent the boat turning to wind or current, you rig a slip line at the first buoy (4). Then go to the next buoy, make fast the bow (5) and let the boat drift back a little.

Mooring to buoys under sail

Wind and current (strongest) in opposite directions

Leaving ...

Reach/Run against the current up to the buoy with only a jib set. Adjust the speed with the sheet (1) to have the boat stopped when the buoy is just forward of the beam (2). Lead the bow line through the mooring ring on the buoy and back onboard. Let the boat drift back a little, paying out on the bow line and make fast (3).

Put the helm over, set the jib, let go the bow line and steer away from the buoy (4). With wind from an unfavourable direction (5), just rig a new slip line and let go the first one. Set the jib when the bow has born away and let go the slip line (6). By using slip lines you may leave a buoy quite easily in any direction.

Some buoys are equipped with mooring lines. Check them thoroughly and preferably use them in addition to your own mooring lines.

A lesser buoy may be attached which you can pick up with a boat hook.

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