Mooring Problems
It
turned out that while I was away Kiriwina's anchor had been
disturbed by a departing boat effectively shortening the distance
from the anchor to the dock.
Yves from the french yacht Ermefer on the next berth said that the swell had been bigger for a few days and that Kiriwina, due to the anchor being disturbed, had been banging against the steel pontoons. He had stabilised things as much as he could and put a fender on the Aries which took all the impact.
It was a real credit to the Aries that it took a bit of a bashing and only suffered a some scuffed paintwork and the gears were knocked out of alignment. Otherwise the boat was undamaged.
How the Aries gearing should look.
How it looked after being bashed against the steel pontoon
Withe Yves help I was able to remove the Aries from the boat, reset the gears and re-install all within an hour.
This incident confirmed my opinion that this marina is not a safe berth and boats should not be left unattended for more than a few hours. The swell surge is persistent and it is very very easy for anchors and cables from different boats to foul each other.
This is how far off I moored Kiriwina and she still banged into the pontoon when the anchor was disturbed.
Yves from the french yacht Ermefer on the next berth said that the swell had been bigger for a few days and that Kiriwina, due to the anchor being disturbed, had been banging against the steel pontoons. He had stabilised things as much as he could and put a fender on the Aries which took all the impact.
It was a real credit to the Aries that it took a bit of a bashing and only suffered a some scuffed paintwork and the gears were knocked out of alignment. Otherwise the boat was undamaged.
How the Aries gearing should look.
How it looked after being bashed against the steel pontoon
Withe Yves help I was able to remove the Aries from the boat, reset the gears and re-install all within an hour.
This incident confirmed my opinion that this marina is not a safe berth and boats should not be left unattended for more than a few hours. The swell surge is persistent and it is very very easy for anchors and cables from different boats to foul each other.
This is how far off I moored Kiriwina and she still banged into the pontoon when the anchor was disturbed.