T&T: Grabbing a Mooring from a Trawler

[Roger Bingham]

Hi All

Lee will know that these European type of buoys are purely to mark the
position of the mooring and to suspend the mooring pendant.

The top ring or handle on the buoy, generally slightly smaller than a
football (soccer), is grabbed by hand or hooked with a boat-hook and lifted
clear of the water to obtain access to the mooring pendant.

The boat  should not be fixed to the upper ring and local authorities and
sailing clubs who provide these moorings can, rightly, get very upset about
this.

Regards

Roger Bingham
France
> 
> It appears that many use the top ring for short periods, and the  
> bottom one for longer periods.