T&T: Anchoring in the grass

[Ron Nelson]

<<What are "linear moorings"??>>


I'll try and answer this as it appears Marin is off email during his extended
holiday.  Working for Boeing he gets time off from just before Christmas to
after New Years.  What a deal!

Anyway, a linear mooring is made up of two large buoys that are anchored about
200 feet or more apart.  Then 2 large lines, about 1.5 inches in diameter, are
strung between the permanent buoys.  These lines have hoops laced to them
every 20 feet or so for boats to tie to.  So what you see when this
contraption is full are 2 rows of various kinds of boats between the buoys.
It's a good way to get a lot of boats in a small area for the very popular
state parks in Washington.

The down side in my opinion is there are a lot of boats in a small area.  The
other downside is that your boat cannot point into the wind so there is a lot
of wave slap on the boat making sleep difficult that is if the boat next to
you isn't having an all night party.

Ron Nelson
Port Orchard, WA but wintering in Yuma