Mooring Archives

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How to Pick Up a Mooring Ball

June 8, 2022/by Grant Headifen

The principle is simple – motor downwind past your selected mooring ball and back up to it. Run a line from the forward cleat outside the stanchions…

Leaving a Mooring Ball in a Tidal Current

July 26, 2021/by Grant Headifen

One of our students, Tom, asked the below question after he viewed our “How to Operate a Dinghy” you tube video. “Thanks Ed, my small boat is docked in a tidal harbour and it can get tricky when tides are running strong. How should I use the outboard/tiller to move away in reverse from the […]

Mooring, Anchoring, and Docking

March 22, 2020/by Grant Headifen

Before you leave/approach a dock, pick up a mooring ball, or drop anchor, you must know what the wind and current will be doing to your boat.

How to do a Mediterranean Mooring when the wind is nose on

May 25, 2017/by Grant Headifen

First, what is a Mediterranean Mooring? Well it can be done anywhere but you mostly see it in the Med where it is required that you back the boat up to a (typically) concrete quay.

Mooring Accident

April 23, 2009/by Grant Headifen

While it is generally accepted that mooring is safer than anchoring, there are still some considerations. The following photo from Waiake beach in Auckland, New Zealand is proof of this. Whilst visiting New Zealand for the purpose of spreading the NauticEd word, we came across this early in the morning after an overnight mild storm. […]