Advisory
When returning to your mooring after an extended period away
After an extended period away from your mooring, on return you may feel that your boat is too close to another, or it didn’t seem to sit the same as before. Please note we often receive calls about this at the start of a season when owners are returning to their moorings after having all departed the past season upon different tides.
When returning please remember that the block chain could well be “pulled” out from the block in line with the tide or wind direction that you left upon and potentially depending upon the size of your craft a strong spring tide or consistent wind is required to “reset” it in line with all the others.
If you have concerns about the position of your moorings, it’s is always best to wait until after these events and view it on a high spring tide to really see where your exact position is.
It is also imperative to note that if you are surrounded by dis similar hulled or draught vessels you may well be affected differently by wind and tide causing potential for close encounters as all moorings when at the extent of their radius have the potential for overlap. We recommend that owners take note of this and adjust accordingly with drogues etc if required.
Local businesses
River Yealm Mooring Services have the pleasure of working with the following local businesses;
Phil Carter – Boat building / repair and vessel towing / delivery services Tel 872189 / email phil.futtocks@gmail.com
Chris Rhead – Outboard engine and small engine maintenance Tel 872481
Chris George - Outboard engine and small engine maintenance Tel 07970054760 / email chrismgeorge2@icloud.com
John Williams – Diesel and marine engineer Tel 07966903277 / email ethanned@googlemail.com
Yealm moorings – Kitley private moorings – Kevin Arscot www.yealmmoorings.co.uk 07816313330
Mark Wilson – Waterfront and residential construction – 872836
Mike Hockaday – Vessel storage & residential construction – 07866720138
Dan Lewis Marine – Marine engineer - 01752 407921 dan@lewismarine.co.uk
Lugo Marine - Marine GRP works, Fabrication, Stainless Steel works - Matt Gibb - 07966613322 info@lugomarine.co.uk
Yealm Boats - boat storage
Rob Cross 07966171710
yealmboats.co.uk