Seahouses Marine Club Moorings Page

SEAHOUSES MARINE CLUB
Moorings Page

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Moorings at mid tide, looking east.
The boats on the right side of the picture can be reached by wading to them, whilst a dinghy is recommended for the middle row (centre of picture and front row on the left. The moorings have a sandy bottom, but vessels with deep keels may need to consider legs.

MOORING MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS
MOORING - ZONE 'A' (Front Row).
Combination of 16 mm NYLON and ½'' chain (Minimum) 2 sets to head, 2 sets to stern, or ALL ½'' chain.
MOORING - ZONE 'B' (Middle Row).
Combination of 12 mm NYLON and 3/8 '' chain (Minimum) 2 sets to head, 2 sets to stern, or ALL 3/8'' chain.
MOORING - ZONE 'C' (Back Row).
Combination of 12 mm NYLON and 3/8 '' chain (Minimum) 2 sets to head, 2 sets to stern, or ALL 3/8'' chain. Click diagram to enlarge, and click on the icon that appears under your mouse cursor on the lower right side of the enlarged diagram, to enlarge further.

LINK ROPE: Vacated moorings are to be linked with NYLON rope not less than ¼'' diameter.

MARKING BUOY: Provide purpose made buoy showing mooring number. Buoy is to be secured to link rope by means of a 3 ft (1m) length of light chain and link rope is to be tied to head and stern mooring rope.

FENDERING: Boats are to be fully fendered on the port side whilst moored in the Fluke Hole.

MOORING LOCATIONS: A round metal disk stamped with mooring number and attached by wire to the club ground chain (head) indicates the position of the port side mooring chain, starboard moorings are to be attached at the adjacent metal disk.

GENERAL: PLEASE NOTE the specification of length of mooring rope has been reduced to a maximum length of 12 ft and must be of continuous length, with all extraneous rope removed. MOORING CHAINS are to be of solid link construction and connected with appropriate sized shackles. Hollow link or pipe chain is not permitted. MOORING BUOY is to be purpose made, plastic bottles are not permitted.
The attached specifications are the MINIMUM requirements and members are required to adjust the length of their moorings according to length of boat, draft, and state of tide etc.
Non NYLON ropes MUST NOT be used in connection with moorings - No fouled propellers please !
The club reserves the right to remove all moorings not complying with the club specifications.
The club accepts no responsibility for members' boats or their mooring tackle.