"Roger Long" wrote in message
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On Sep 26, 10:38 am, Wayne.B wrote:

We could reenact the recent spirited discussion about what it takes to
do long range cruising.

Or we could talk about slips vs. moorings.

I decided to just use the mooring this summer since I expected to be
away a lot more than I was and was looking forward to having my boat
always hanging off on her pendant instead of worrying about fenders
chafing the topsides.

Wow, was I ever wrong. The tide runs hard through the channel where my
mooring is and it seems like the boat is always pushed hard ahead
against the ball with the wakes sawing it up and down. I had a line
set up at the marina dock such that the fenders hardly ever touched
and the gelcoat has gotten more wear in this one summer than three
seasons at the marina dock.

That is an interesting comment about moorings. Why do you let your boat get
pushed up against the ball due to washes?
I was on a mooring when I lived in Uk and always hauled my boat hard up to
the ball so it was lifted just out of the water, hanging there just under
the stem with a rope through the ring and brought back aboard to make fast.
so the rope was pretty tight.
I used to put another (loose) line through as well in case of chafe of the
first one during heavy gales.. Never had any problem. Slept well ashore
regardless of weather.with that setup and the boat always lay head to wind
or tide whichever was the stronger and washes made no difference..
Now I am in Norway and most boats here are in marinas but all the ones I
have seen on moorings are for some reason tied to the buoy with at least 10'
of rope so the boat is forever sailing around its buoy and nobody seems ever
to think about the possibility of chafe setting their boat adrift.
I think that is crazy but despite the huge washes from the uncontrolled
powerboats that abound here I have never seen a boat growing weed above the
waterline as you mention.